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Grant: International Development Assistance Program

Pan American Health Organization

$15,000,000.00

Improved Health of Communities, Women, and Children Through Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas

EF 2022-23 · 2023-02-10

Résumé
This project aims to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem in 10 countries in the Americas. This project seeks to increase access to and demand for SAFE Strategy interventions for populations living in vulnerable conditions, including women, children, and Indigenous populations. SAFE is the evidence-based recommended strategy to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. It is an integrated package of interventions, including surgery to avoid impairment, antibiotics to reduce infection, facial cleanliness to prevent infection, and environmental improvement to reduce transmission. The project also aims to promote the strengthening of community participation by increasing opportunities and spaces for women's empowerment and decision-making power to improve the health and well-being of women, children, and Indigenous communities. Project activities include: (1) carrying out a baseline analysis of gender dynamics and barriers in health services to eliminate trachoma, especially the SAFE interventions; (2) strengthening information systems to collect, analyze, and use disaggregated data by age, sex, place of residence, and ethnicity; (3) strengthening the capacity of local health workers and women's groups to provide integrated services; (4) stimulating and facilitating cross-cultural dialogues with local actors, communities, and women to participate in transforming local health systems; and (5) generating communication and messages adapted to gender and ethnicity contexts in the project beneficiary populations.
Programme
International Development Assistance Program
Emplacement
Washington | Washington, US
Type de bénéficiaire
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Grant
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

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Additional Information
Belated reporting
Additional Information (French)
Declaration tardive
Agreement End Date
2028-12-31
Agreement Number
7447284 P011993001
Agreement Start Date
2023-02-10
Agreement Title
Improved Health of Communities, Women, and Children Through Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas
Agreement Title (French)
Communautés, femmes, enfants en meilleure santé grâce à l’élimination du trachome dans les Amériques
Agreement Type
Grant
Agreement Value
$15,000,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
This project aims to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem in 10 countries in the Americas. This project seeks to increase access to and demand for SAFE Strategy interventions for populations living in vulnerable conditions, including women, children, and Indigenous populations. SAFE is the evidence-based recommended strategy to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. It is an integrated package of interventions, including surgery to avoid impairment, antibiotics to reduce infection, facial cleanliness to prevent infection, and environmental improvement to reduce transmission. The project also aims to promote the strengthening of community participation by increasing opportunities and spaces for women's empowerment and decision-making power to improve the health and well-being of women, children, and Indigenous communities. Project activities include: (1) carrying out a baseline analysis of gender dynamics and barriers in health services to eliminate trachoma, especially the SAFE interventions; (2) strengthening information systems to collect, analyze, and use disaggregated data by age, sex, place of residence, and ethnicity; (3) strengthening the capacity of local health workers and women's groups to provide integrated services; (4) stimulating and facilitating cross-cultural dialogues with local actors, communities, and women to participate in transforming local health systems; and (5) generating communication and messages adapted to gender and ethnicity contexts in the project beneficiary populations.
Description (French)
Ce projet vise à éliminer le trachome, un problème de santé publique, dans 10 pays des Amériques. Ce projet vise à accroître l’accès à des interventions de la stratégie SAFE et à augmenter la demande à leur égard chez les populations qui vivent dans des conditions vulnérables, y compris les femmes, les enfants et les peuples autochtones. SAFE est la stratégie recommandée fondée sur des données probantes pour éliminer le trachome en tant que problème de santé publique. Il s’agit d’un ensemble intégré d’interventions, y compris des interventions chirurgicales pour éviter une invalidité, des antibiotiques pour réduire l’infection, des articles de nettoyage du visage pour prévenir les infections et des améliorations de l’environnement pour réduire la transmission. Le projet vise aussi à promouvoir le renforcement de la participation communautaire en accroissant le nombre de possibilités et d’espaces pour le renforcement du pouvoir et le pouvoir décisionnel des femmes afin d’améliorer la santé et le bien-être des femmes, des enfants et des communautés autochtones. Les activités de ce projet comprennent : 1) mener une analyse de référence sur la dynamique des genres et les obstacles à l’accès aux services de santé afin d’éliminer le trachome, particulièrement les interventions SAFE; 2) renforcer les systèmes d’information afin de collecter, d’analyser et d’utiliser des données désagrégées selon l’âge, le sexe, le lieu de résidence et l’origine ethnique; 3) renforcer la capacité des travailleurs de la santé et des groupes de femmes locaux afin de fournir des services intégrés; 4) stimuler et faciliter les dialogues interculturels avec communautés, les femmes et les acteurs locaux, pour participer à la transformation des systèmes de santé locaux; 5) créer des communications et des messages adaptés au genre et aux contextes ethniques dans les populations bénéficiaires du projet.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased access to recommended SAFE interventions for populations living in vulnerable conditions, including women, children, hard-to-reach, and Indigenous populations; and (2) increased demand and coverage for SAFE interventions by populations living in vulnerable conditions, including women, children, hard-to-reach, and Indigenous populations.
Expected Results (French)
Les résultats escomptés pour ce projet comprennent : 1) un accès accru aux interventions SAFE recommandées pour les populations qui vivent dans des conditions vulnérables, y compris les femmes, les enfants, les populations difficiles à joindre et les populations autochtones; 2) une demande accrue en interventions SAFE par les populations qui vivent dans des conditions vulnérables, y compris les femmes, les enfants, les populations difficiles à joindre et les populations autochtones et une meilleure couverture.
Organization Code
dfatd-maecd
Organization
Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Program Name
International Development Assistance Program
Program Name (French)
Programme d'aide au développement international
Program Purpose
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.
Program Purpose (French)
L’objectif princial du programme d’aide au développement international du Ministère est de réduire la pauvreté pour les populations qui vivent dans les pays où Affaires mondiales Canada se livre au développement international.
Recipient City
Washington | Washington
Recipient Country
US
Recipient Legal Name
Pan American Health Organization
Recipient Operating Name
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
064-2024-2025-Q2-00463