International Development Grant
Support to Child Health Days
Project Number: CA-3-M013429001
Status: Closed
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $10,000,000.00
Start Date: March 18, 2011
End Date: December 31, 2012
Duration: 1.8 years
Project Description
The overall goal of this project is to support Helen Keller International (HKI) to deliver essential health services through Child Health Days to support countries to transition towards institutionalized Child Health Days programs for infants 6-11 months and children 12-59 months in Africa. Through this initiative HKI aims to accelerate efforts through global programming to both close gaps in coverage and strengthen national health systems to improve overall delivery coverage and quality of evidence-based high impact interventions to reduce child mortality and morbidity.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of this project include: reaching over 80 million children under the age of five with vitamin A therefore saving an estimated lives in 12 sub-Saharan African countries. It is also estimated Canada's funds helped to train over 26 000 health workers in the 12 African countries.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
HKI - Helen Keller International
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP