International Development Grant
Improving Maternal Newborn and Child Survival in Warrap State
Project Number: CA-3-D000052001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $19,932,546.00
Start Date: March 24, 2014
End Date: July 31, 2019
Duration: 5.4 years
Project Description
This project aims to increase the survival of mothers newborns and children by bringing life-saving health services directly to 350 000 people in 609 remote communities in Warrap State. These services are brought to communities using community volunteers and more complicated cases referred to the nearest primary health care centres. Some project activities include: (i) staffing and equipping four mobile outreach clinics; (ii) training 1 511 community health volunteers in health promotion (breastfeeding better nutrition vaccinations etc.); (iii) providing micronutrients to improve nutrition; (iv) delivering life-saving interventions for malaria diarrhea and pneumonia to children under five including distributing 116 000 insecticide-treated anti-malaria bed nets; (v) reducing the incidence of water-borne diseases by building and managing 170 safe drinking water-points and 5 000 household latrines and; (vi) capacity building of the Warrap Ministry of Health and training of the South Sudan Red Cross to train and supervise volunteers and collaborate with the Ministry of Health. This project contributes to Canada's Maternal Newborn and Child Health commitment.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (i) increased use of integrated mother newborn and child health services at community level in Warrap State; (ii) increased use of preventative mother newborn and child health practices by beneficiaries; and (iii) increased contribution of the South Sudan Red Cross and government health sector staff to implementing new approaches for improving mother newborn and child health in the country.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of project (July 2019) include: (1) 68 997 cases (of which 52% were women and girls) were treated by medical outreach teams; (2) 4 739 antenatal care visits of which 22.76% of women received antenatal care by a skilled health provider at least 4 times during their pregnancy compared to 14% at baseline; (3) 151 000 cases of malaria pneumonia or diarrhea were treated in children under the age of five; (4) 460 school girls received reusable sanitary pads (as well as soap to maintain cleanliness of the pads) which led to increased attendance and enrollment of girls at participating schools; (5) 67 000 community members were provided with safe drinking water through the drilling of 54 new and 80 rehabilitated boreholes; (6) 499 Red Cross volunteers (of which 71 were women) were trained in first aid; and (7) the Boma Health Initiative was launched setting the framework for the provision of basic health care at the community level throughout South Sudan. Together these achievements have contributed towards an increased use of community-level health services; increased knowledge of and ability to apply practices and access resources that prevent disease and poor health; and improved collaboration between and increased capacity of the South Sudan Red Cross and Ministry of Health to design health policies and practices as well as deliver services.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Canadian Red Cross
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Unsolicited Proposal