Project profile — Mother Care and Child Survival in Underserved Regions of Mali, Mozambique and Pakistan



Overview 

CA-3-S065361001
$8,299,698
Aga Khan Foundation Canada (CA-CRA_ACR-0010011141)
2011-12-02 - 2016-02-28
Closed
Global Affairs Canada
MFM Global Issues & Dev.Branch

Country / region 

• Mozambique (30.00%)
• Mali (39.00%)
• Pakistan (31.00%)

Sector 

• Basic Health: Basic nutrition (12240) (31.00%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health: Reproductive health care (13020) (69.00%)

Policy marker 

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (principal objective)
• Indigenous Issues (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Disability (significant objective)
• Children's issues (principal objective)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Urban issues (significant objective)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)

Description 

The project aims to improve maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition practices, and strengthen local health systems in 12 districts in the Mopti Region of Mali, the province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, and the province of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. Using a community-based approach, the project aims to increase health centre coverage, improve the skills of government health management and medical staff and community health workers, and contribute to reduce malnutrition amongst women and young children. Expected direct beneficiaries include 363,709 women, 196,857 children, and 274 health facility workers. Project activities include: training health care providers in obstetric care, and child health and nutrition; improving procedures and communication across all levels of community health facilities; and helping local committees to carry out nutrition education campaigns for mothers and children. The Aga Khan Foundation Canada is working with the Aga Khan Development Network (Mali), Aga Khan Foundation (Mozambique), Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan) and Aga Khan Health Services (Pakistan) to implement this project. The expected intermediate outcomes of this project include: improved nutrition practices of women and children; increased use of integrated maternal, newborn and child health services by women and children under five years of age; and, increased quality of maternal, newborn and child health services provided to women and children under five years of age. This project is part of Canada’s Maternal, Newborn and Child Health commitment.

Expected results 

N/A

Results achieved 

Results achieved as of December 2015 include: (i) over 3,000 community health workers (including 45 community midwives) and 490 staff in health facilities trained in the delivery of quality basic maternal, newborn and child health services in 12 districts in the Mopti Region of Mali, the province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, and the province of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan; (ii) 169 first-level health facilities, including 100 rural maternities in Mali, 32 public health facilities in Mozambique, 24 public health facilities in Pakistan and 13 AKHS-P health facilities in Pakistan, have received minor repairs and renovations to improve the quality of MNCH services provided to women and children; (iii) established, revitalized and trained 436 community and facility health management committees across Mali, Mozambique and Pakistan through training on gender equality, maternal and child health and nutrition practices and community engagement strategies; iv) over 400 facility-based health workers and 4,418 people from village health committees and other community groups to promote effective nutrition practices and address nutrition problems; (v) creating kitchen gardens in 2,739 households in Mozambique, and providing over 10,000 community-level education sessions on the production and preparation of nutritious; and, (vi) screening over 100,000 women and children under five years of age for nutrition problems, with appropriate counselling and referrals, as needed. These results are contributing to improving the health of women and children in the project areas due to better nutrition and better access to quality maternal, newborn and child health services.

Budget and spending 


Original budget $0
Planned disbursement $0
Transactions
Transaction Date Type Value
15-03-2016 Disbursement $365,224
Country percentages by sector
Type of finance Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Collaboration type Bilateral
Type of aid Project-type interventions
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