International Development Grant
Delivering Healthy Futures in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Project Number: CA-3-D002015001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $3,871,479.00
Start Date: March 31, 2016
End Date: September 30, 2020
Duration: 4.5 years
Project Description
This initiative aims to reduce maternal and child mortality in 20 villages in Lubutu and Walikale in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Project activities include: (1) training health workers and community volunteers in reproductive health family planning tools water hygiene and sanitation; (2) sensitizing community members in reproductive health family planning tools water hygiene and sanitation; (3) sensitizing pregnant women in safe pregnancy delivery and motherhood; (4) building and equipping maternity wards with basic material supplies and equipment; (5) providing supplies and material to support family planning promotion in health centres; (6) equipping mobile health units with material and supplies to deliver ante and post-natal care in remote areas; (7) constructing maternity wards with latrines and showers medical waste incinerators and placenta and waste pits; and (8) providing clean water to new maternity wards and surrounding communities. This project is expected to directly reach 77 209 people. The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada is implementing this project in collaboration with the following local partners: Jane Goodall Institute of the DRC the Programme National de Santé de la Reproduction – Maniema Province and the Programme National de Santé de la Reproduction – North Kivu Province.
Expected Results
The expected results include: (1) improved delivery of essential health services to mothers pregnant women newborns and children under five; (2) improved practices in reproductive health and water sanitation and hygiene by community members including women men families and community volunteers; (3) improved utilization of essential health services by mothers pregnant women newborns and children under five.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (November 2020) include: (1) increased the percentage of live births attended by skilled health personnel from 66% to 99.4%; (2) increased the number of fully immunized children aged 0-11 months by 346%; (3) increased the number of newborns in targeted health facilities who were exclusively breastfed from 41% to 95%; (4) increased the number of new cases adopting family planning methods by 876%; (5) increased the percentage of women who received prenatal care at least four times during their pregnancy increased as follows from 15% to 65.4%; and (6) increased the percentage of mothers who received postnatal care within two days of childbirth from 84% to 99.2%.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Jane Goodall Institute
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:
Call for Proposals