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P001040003 : This project aims to lessen the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on poor and marginalized communities in targeted areas of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. Aligned with national pandemic response plans, this project works to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable people, particularly women and girls, by increasing the capacity of health care centers, health care workers, and communities to prevent and respond to the pandemic. Project activities include: (1) providing training to facility- and community-based health workers to better identify and respond to COVID-19; (2) providing health centers with essential hygiene and sanitation supplies, including locally-procured personal protective equipment; (3) raising awareness about COVID-19 prevention and safe hygiene and sanitation practices among community members; (4) increasing access to essential hygiene and sanitation supplies at the household level; and (5) strengthening community-based sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response mechanisms.

P001027002 & P001027003: The program will respond to COVID-19 while ensuring that women and girls continue to have access to SRH services, safe deliveries, pre and post-natal care, and contraceptive access. COVID-19 response activities include: scale up WASH interventions, including distribution of soap and hand sanitizer; distribute hygiene and safety kits to health workers and community leaders; procure personal protective equipment for clinical staff and erect temporary tents to allow for covered physical distancing at clinics; tele-coach/tele-monitor CHWs to deliver information and educate the community in a safe, distanced manner; educate the community on personal protective measures, physical distancing and home isolation via megaphone, radio and distanced CHW interventions.

This project provides additional funds in response to immediate needs to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Project activities include: 1) reinforcing epidemiological surveillance systems in order to enable early detection of cases and to prevent further spreading; 2) reinforcing prevention and control measures in both hospital and community settings, and adapting routine care services as needed; 3) raising awareness about the pandemic progression and the public health measures to be taken by the public and health workers; and 4) reinforcing coordination with government health response measures to address the pandemic.

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

P001066002: World Vision Canada is working to safeguard the provision of critical reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services for women and girls, and support national health system efforts in the communities where they are working to help prevent and mitigate the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar and Tanzania.

The objectives of the ENRICH-COVID19 preparedness and response plan are to strengthen community health promotion; improve health systems and health workforce capacity; and strengthen community-based social services to minimize the gendered impact of the pandemic on health systems, social services, and economic activity, particularly for women and girls. Expected activities include:

• Promoting preventive measures to slow and stop the spread of COVID-19 in target communities.
• Procuring and distributing hygiene materials to vulnerable households and key services providers/institutions for prevention of COVID-19.
• Training and equipping public health systems and service providers to deliver gender-responsive COVID-19 prevention, detection, treatment and surveillance services.
• Facilitating the protection of essential health, nutrition and sexual reproductive health and rights services, including sexual gender-based violence and Micronutrient powder supplementation.
• Promoting holistic multisector support to women, adolescent girls, children, and their families to mitigate secondary impacts of COVID-19, including negative sexual reproductive health, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, nutrition and livelihoods outcomes.

This COVID-19 response will provide support to a total of 6,312,851 people in the ENRICH catchment and surrounding areas in Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar and Tanzania.

P001187002: This portion of the larger project works to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Activities include:
(1) develop and disseminate information through text messaging, social media, radios and home visits on hygiene, infection prevention, COVID-19, maternal, neonatal, sexual health and prevention of sexual gender based violence;
(2) provide gender responsive and safe transportation services and reimbursable transportation vouchers for poor and vulnerable women and adolescents for reproductive, neonatal, sexual health emergencies and confirmed cases of COVID-19; and
(3) Train Quality Improvement Teams and Ward Development Committees on gender responsive COVID-19 response.

P001327002: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project is implementing immediate response activities targeting men and women farmers. These activities include providing personal protective equipment such as mask, soap, sanitizers; developing COVID-19 communication materials on prevention and management of transmission; and expanding the gender toolkit for training men and women farmers.

This funding increase to respond to COVID builds on the existing Capacity Development Support Facility initiative.

P001197001: The project aims to increase the availability of skilled health care providers, especially midwives, in order to reduce maternal and infant mortality in South Sudan. The project builds on results from two previous projects: Training Midwives and Deploying Midwives in South Sudan. It supports six national training institutes delivering midwifery and nursing education in South Sudan, where a total of 850 health workers, including 650 midwives, are expected to complete training under the project. Project activities include: (1) developing a new curriculum for nurses and clinical officers; (2) obtaining the equipment required and improving the ability of the faculty members and administrative staff at the training institutes to teach and manage the midwifery and nursing programs; (3) mentoring of students and health care providers by international and national UN volunteer midwives during clinical practice to ensure the application of their skills; (3) training given by doctors working in health facilities to encourage a team approach in the provisions of midwifery and obstetric services; and (4) improving the ability of the Ministry of Health to manage and regulate the education of midwives and the ability of South Sudan's national and state-level Nursing and Midwifery Associations to advocate and promote their professions.

The project is implemented in partnership with the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM). CAM will provide direct peer to peer mentoring support and technical expertise from practicing Canadian midwives and midwifery educators. In addition, the Canadian Midwifery Regulators Consortium will help to strengthen regulatory and licensing frameworks for the midwifery profession, and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada will provide technical expertise in the updating of the curriculum and training modules in obstetrics and gynecology for doctors and medical officers.

P001197004: In 2020, the Strengthening Midwifery Services in South Sudan - Phase II project received an increase of $4.2 million. These additional funds will ensure that the original project's objectives are achieved while adapting to the changing context in South Sudan. The Strengthening Midwifery Services II project aims to increase skilled healthcare providers' availability, especially midwives, to increase access to sexual and reproductive health services and decrease maternal and infant mortality in South Sudan. By building on Phase I, this project aims to ensure that all midwifery, nursing, and other medical students currently enrolled in training programs can successfully complete their studies and enter the workforce to save mothers and babies' lives.

Project activities include: (1) developing a new curriculum for nurses and clinical officers; (2) obtaining the equipment required and improving the ability of the faculty members and administrative staff at the training institutes to teach and manage the midwifery and nursing programs; (3) mentoring students and health care providers by international and national UN volunteer midwives during clinical practice to ensure the application of their skills; (3) training given by doctors working in health facilities to encourage a team approach in the provisions of midwifery and obstetric services; and (4) improving the ability of the Ministry of Health to manage and regulate the education of midwives and the ability of South Sudan's national and state-level Nursing and Midwifery Associations to advocate and promote their professions. The project works in partnership with the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM), which provides direct peer-to-peer mentoring support and technical expertise from practicing Canadian midwives and midwifery educators.

Project activities include: (1) conducting an initial market assessment in targeted areas, and designing tailor-made and sustainable sanitation solutions and sound sanitation business models; (2) local sanitation entrepreneurs producing and selling over 60,000 improved latrines to rural Ghanaians; (3) developing and delivering outreach and awareness activities to promote improved health through safe sanitation and hygiene practices; (4) providing technical resources and skills training to 150 new and existing sanitation entrepreneurs (small businesses) and government officials in delivering market-based sanitation services; and (5) developing financial mechanisms to facilitate the acquisition of improved latrines for families.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project added the following activities aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19: (1) installing 100 hand-washing stations in strategic public spaces; (2) engaging 100 monitors to ensure cleanliness of each station and raise awareness of users on how COVID-19 spreads; and (3) broadcasting of public service announcements on 25 radio stations across project areas.