International Development Grant
Improving Community Health in Sikasso and Koulikoro regions
Project Number: CA-3-S065351001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $2,582,833.00
Start Date: December 19, 2011
End Date: December 21, 2015
Duration: 4.0 years
Project Description
The project aims to decrease illness and death among mothers newborns and children under-five in the regions of Sikasso and Koulikoro. It is designed to strengthen life-saving interventions and services to better address critical childhood illnesses including malaria diarrhea and pneumonia. Reaching around 875 000 beneficiaries (150 000 children under the age of five) the project uses a community-based approach to deliver proven high-impact cost-effective interventions with a complementary focus on improved community capacity to prevent illness and provide access to services for mothers newborns and children. Activities include: community-based health and first aid training; radio broadcasts on illness symptoms and treatment; and establishment or reinforcement of village health committees to support volunteers and community health workers and liaise with various decision makers. The Canadian Red Cross is working with the Croix-Rouge Malienne to implement this project. This project is part of Canada's Maternal Newborn and Child Health commitment.
Progress & Results Achieved
Final results achieved as of May 2015 include: (i) 274 community health workers (CHW) (105 men and 169 women) were trained on Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) (an approach to prevent and treat childhood illness beyond health facilities so that more children can access life-saving treatments) pharmaceutical management and maternal newborn and child health services; (ii) 20 workshops allowing CHW to share experiences and best practices were held; (iii) 126 stakeholders participated in meetings with the World Health Organization UNICEF the United Nations Population Fund the Aga Khan Foundation Plan Canada and Save the Children to explain and engage relevant decision-makers on implementing a gender sensitive ICCM approach to addressing diarrhea malaria and pneumonia; (iv) 21 health messages relating to maternal newborn and child health cultural barriers environmental health and gender were designed and recorded; and (v) the Red Cross Mali improved its ability to coordinate and collaborate with the Ministry of Health in the delivery of maternal newborn and child health services in a gender-sensitive manner. These are contributing to improving people’s access to quality health care services
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Canadian Red Cross
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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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:
Pre-APP