Project profile — Expanded Immunization Program Support - IDRC

• Haiti (100.00%)

• Health policy and administrative management:
Health policy and administrative management (12110) (50.00%)
Medical services (12191) (25.00%)
• Basic Health: Infectious disease control (12250) (25.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• 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 (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to reduce infant mortality by reinforcing the Ministère de la santé publique et de la population (MSPP)’s Expanded Immunization Program (EIP) which expands routine immunization across all departments of the country. The project has three components: a trilateral vaccination initiative in collaboration with the Brazilian government (completed); institutional strengthening of the MSPP by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); and research-based advice and support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Through this project, IDRC manages scholarship-based research projects in which Canadian and Haitian researchers collaborate on strategies that help the MSPP to overcome key obstacles in the implementation of immunization programs. These main obstacles are the lack of immunization access, the integration of immunization within basic health service delivery, the incentives and support for health-care professionals, and the participation of the health care beneficiaries.

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Results achieved by March 2012 include: supporting four research proposals on: “The reasons of immunization dropouts in the Nippes” (concluded); “Improved control of preventable diseases in Haiti” (ongoing); “Epidemiology and feasibility of the implementation of the Human Papillomavirusvaccine in Haiti” (ongoing); “Efficiency of routine vaccination models in areas with low coverage in Haiti” (ongoing). The research documents are shared with health authorities in the hope of improving routine vaccination for children and reducing preventable diseases.

• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities: Expanded Vaccination Program Support - Pan American Health Organization