International Development Grant
Protecting Health and Accountability
Project Number: CA-3-A033373001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $18,700,000.00
Start Date: March 13, 2007
End Date: June 29, 2012
Duration: 5.3 years
Project Description
The Protecting Health and Accountability project aims to protect the delivery of essential health services to the poor in Ethiopia while also promoting accountability within public services. Working with other members of the international community to meet these broad objectives CIDA is supporting specific activities including the purchase and distribution of essential health materials and building the capacity of civil society to monitor the delivery of public services. Among the goals of this project are improved coverage of basic health services (such as childhood immunization and malaria control) throughout Ethiopia and strengthened civil society engagement in promoting public accountability to protect basic service delivery. All CIDA disbursements for this project have been completed.
Progress & Results Achieved
End of project results to which CIDA contributed to as of December 2010 include the purchase and distribution of critical health materials to 750 000 households including 3.2 million insecticide-treated bed-nets which have contributed to a deep decline in malaria outpatient cases by 67% malaria admission by 54% and malaria deaths by 55 percent. A total of 12 lead civil society organizations and their partners representing a total of about 50 groups operating in approximately 80 woredas (districts) cities or sub-cities have implemented Ethiopian social accountability pilot projects concentrating on education health water and sanitation and agriculture. These pilot projects have contributed to improved social service provisions and effectiveness in service delivery increased awareness regarding citizens’ rights and responsibilities and improvement in relationships between civil society and regional and local governments.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Basket funds/pooled funding
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP