{"id":263,"date":"2020-07-16T12:28:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T16:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=263"},"modified":"2021-07-27T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T01:30:25","slug":"slowing-the-spread-of-covid-19-across-sub-saharan-africa","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/amrefcanada.org\/project-items\/slowing-the-spread-of-covid-19-across-sub-saharan-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Slowing the Spread of COVID-19 across sub-Saharan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
Project timeline<\/strong>: July 2020 \u2013 June 2021<\/p>\n Funders<\/strong>: Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada as an extension of the Canada-Africa Initiative to Address Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality (CAIA-MNCM) project<\/a>.<\/p>\n Communities in sub-Saharan Africa are facing the COVID-19 pandemic within a challenging context: fragile, under-resourced health systems that can quickly become overburdened; a shortage of trained health care workers; and a lack of reliable access to clean, running water.<\/span><\/p>\n The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned the COVID-19 pandemic is reaching Africa \u201cfull speed\u201d. Support for vulnerable communities across the continent is needed now more than ever.<\/p>\n<\/div> To help slow the spread of COVID-19, Amref Health Africa in Canada is assisting vulnerable communities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Senegal with $3.6 million in additional funding from the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n The response will be carried out in many of the same communities as the four-year Canada-Africa Initiative to Address Maternal, Newborn and Children Mortality project <\/a>\u2013 communities that have come to know and trust Amref Health Africa. This response will specifically:<\/p>\n provide personal protective equipment (PPE), such as medical-grade masks, gloves and gowns, to health workers and health facilities;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n rapidly deploy water and sanitation supplies like handwashing stations that are easy to install and maintain;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n train community health workers and health care professionals on preventing and treating COVID-19 using mobile and eLearning platforms, including the Leap mHealth platform<\/a>. Leap uses mobile phone SMS and audio technology to connect users with the latest public health information on COVID-19, educational resources and the opportunity to share what they are hearing and learning with peers in other locations;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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