Project profile — Community-Based Treatment for Children in Africa

• Africa, regional (100.00%)

• Basic health care:
Basic health care (12220) (75.00%)
Malaria control (12262) (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 (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project represents CIDA’s continuing contribution to the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) “Bringing Life-Saving Treatment to Children: A Commodities Approach” program. The goal of the program is to reduce the number of deaths of children under five years of age by improving access to treatment for malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia, and by expanding coverage for preventive interventions. The project focuses on sub-Saharan African countries with extremely high child mortality rates. Oral rehydration therapy for diarrhoea, antimalarial treatment for malaria and antibiotics for pneumonia are provided through a network of trained and supervised community health workers. The IRC is helping to build capacity for community-based treatment and working to improve key government systems including supervision and mortality registrations.

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Results achieved as of July 2013 include: 1.6 million treatments provided to children under 5. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) covered a population of over 3.5 million and project activities were supported by a network of 13,000 community health workers.

• Proactive disclosure