Project profile — Delivering Healthy Futures in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Overview
Overview
| CA-3-D002015001 | |
| $3,871,479 | |
| Jane Goodall Institute (CA-CRA_ACR-0010011101) | |
| 2016-03-31 - 2020-09-30 | |
| Terminating |
Country / region
• Congo, Democratic Republic (100.00%)Sector
• Basic HealthHealth education (12261) (30.05%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health
Reproductive health care (13020) (12.48%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health
Family planning (13030) (10.00%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health
STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (10.05%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health
Personnel development for population and reproductive health (13081) (12.39%)
• Water And Sanitation
Basic drinking water supply (14031) (4.95%)
• Water And Sanitation
Basic sanitation (14032) (7.52%)
• Water And Sanitation
Waste management/disposal (14050) (2.52%)
• Water And Sanitation
Education and training in water supply and sanitation (14081) (10.04%)
Policy marker
• Gender equality (significant objective)• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (principal objective)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
Description and results
Description
This initiative aims to reduce maternal and child mortality in 20 villages in Lubutu and Walikale, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Project activities include: (1) training health workers and community volunteers in reproductive health, family planning tools, water, hygiene and sanitation; (2) sensitizing community members in reproductive health, family planning tools, water, hygiene and sanitation; (3) sensitizing pregnant women in safe pregnancy, delivery and motherhood; (4) building and equipping maternity wards with basic material, supplies and equipment; (5) providing supplies and material to support family planning promotion in health centres; (6) equipping mobile health units with material and supplies to deliver ante and post-natal care in remote areas; (7) constructing maternity wards with latrines and showers, medical waste incinerators, and placenta and waste pits; and (8) providing clean water to new maternity wards and surrounding communities. This project is expected to directly reach 77,209 people. The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada is implementing this project in collaboration with the following local partners: Jane Goodall Institute of the DRC, the Programme National de Santé de la Reproduction – Maniema Province, and the Programme National de Santé de la Reproduction – North Kivu Province.
Expected results
The expected results include: (1) improved delivery of essential health services to mothers, pregnant women, newborns and children under five; (2) improved practices in reproductive health and water, sanitation and hygiene by community members including women, men, families and community volunteers; (3) improved utilization of essential health services by mothers, pregnant women, newborns and children under five.
Results achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (November 2020) include: (1) increased the percentage of live births attended by skilled health personnel from 66% to 99.4%; (2) increased the number of fully immunized children aged 0-11 months by 346%; (3) increased the number of newborns in targeted health facilities who were exclusively breastfed from 41% to 95%; (4) increased the number of new cases adopting family planning methods by 876%; (5) increased the percentage of women who received prenatal care at least four times during their pregnancy increased as follows from 15% to 65.4%; and (6) increased the percentage of mothers who received postnatal care within two days of childbirth from 84% to 99.2%.
Financials
Financials
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Related information
Related information
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Related links • Partner website — Jane Goodall Institute |
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| Global Affairs Canada | |
| KFM Intl Dev Partnerships & Operations | |
| Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation | |
| Bilateral | |
| Project-type interventions |
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