| Reporting Organization: | World Vision Canada |
|---|---|
| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 5,000,000 |
| Timeframe: | July 1, 2013 - March 31, 2018 |
| Status: | Completion |
| Contact Information: |
Ryan Friesen [email protected] |
| Niger (the) - $ 5,000,000.00 (100.00%) | |
|
|
|
| Newborn & Child Health (100 %) | |
|
|
|
In 2012, the Government of Canada, through the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Malaria Programme, awarded a grant to support the RAcE program in five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa—Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Nigeria. NICe-RAcE supported the implementation of the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy in Niger, which is an equity-focused strategy that complements and extends the reach of public health services. The iCCM strategy provides timely and effective treatment of pneumonia (with antibiotics), malaria (with antimalarials) and diarrhea (with Oral Rehydration Salts and Zinc) among children under 5 years of age.
| Gender and age: | Adult women Under-5 children |
|---|---|
| Descriptors: | Rural |
| Total Direct Population: | 230,833 |
| Total Indirect Population: | 1,214,910 |
Unspecified
Return to topUnspecified
The RAcE Programme in numbers :
Catchment population: 1 214 910 people in hard-to-reach areas
Catchment under-five population: 230 833 children aged 2-59 months
Community Health Workers trained: 1426
Community Health Workers active: 1227
Total cumulative cases treated:
399,025 Rapid Diagnostic Tests done
253,012 malaria cases
133,149 diarrhea cases
204,226 pneumonia cases
Increased awareness and acceptance of iCCM: 98% of caregivers who sort care from a
CHW reported that their children received quality care and that CHW were trusted care givers.
Improved Care seeking behavior: Over-all care seeking increased to 85% from a national average of 53.3%
Effect on iCCM National Policy: Ministry of Health of Niger has used RAcE to introduce iCCM services delivered by volunteers. National policy now allows CHW to diagnose and treat children for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea. The Ministry of Health has adopted the RAcE approach as a model to guide the national scale-up of iCCM services. In 2015, the Ministry established a technical working group to oversee programme activities and to ensure that learning is fed back into the national health system.
