Project Axxes

$119.59M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	IMA World Health
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Start Date	Nov 28, 2006
End Date	Feb 21, 2008
Duration	450 days
Number of Grantees	104
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`177505-76`

Grant Description

From 2006-2011, IMA World Health led Project AXxes, a large USAID-funded health systems strengthening and service delivery program targeting eight million people in post-conflict areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The main objective was to improve the availability, quality, and capacity of overall health care, using the appui global or global assistance strategy of the Ministry of Health (MOH), in 57 rural health zones adversely affected by years of civil war, neglect, and relative isolation. Approximately two-thirds of the health zones were nonfunctional or had limited services at project startup.

The projects assistance focused foremost on the MOH priority package of primary health care (PHC) interventions including reinforcement of vaccination services, provision of pharmaceuticals and supplies to hospitals and health centers, delivery of a full complement of maternal and child health services including family planning, and newborn and postpartum care.