| Reporting Organization: | UNICEF |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 500,000 |
| Timeframe: | March 12, 2010 - March 31, 2010 |
| Status: | Completion |
| Contact Information: | Unspecified |
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| Zambia - $ 500,000.00 (100.00%) | |
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This project supports UNICEF’s collaboration with the Zambia Ministry of Health in the implementation of Child Health Week (CHW – June-July 2010) activities which aim to strengthen immunization coverage in Zambia. It is a semi-annual health intervention targeting children under five years of age. Beginning in 2000 as a vitamin A intervention and National Immunization Days, this has grown to a broad range of interventions that include: vaccination, growth monitoring, treatment of children using guidelines for the integrated management of childhood illnesses, re-treatment of bed nets, screening of children for malnutrition, and provision of family planning services. CHWs are part of the district annual plans.
| Gender and age: | Under-5 children |
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| Total Direct Population: | Unspecified |
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Results achieved as end of project in the five rural provinces of Zambia (Eastern, Luapula, Northern, Southern and Western) covered by this project include: 990,364 children (aged 9 – 47 months) are immunized against measles; 288,496 children (aged 0-59 months) are immunized against polio, 1,308,972 children (aged 6-59 months) are supplemented with Vitamin A and 1,137,294 children (aged 12-59 months) de-wormed. All five provinces exceeded the 80% target set for measles and polio coverage and all (except Western province) reached coverage of 90% or more for Vitamin A and deworming medication.
