Johns Hopkins affiliate Jhpiego receives maternal health awards from the U.S.
Agency for International Development and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
06 October 2005
Baltimore, Md. – Jhpiego, the lead partner
of the ACCESS Program, has received an associate award
for "Addressing Unmet Needs for Family Planning in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Programs"
from the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID). ACCESS is a USAID-sponsored program aimed
at reducing maternal and newborn deaths and improving the health of mothers and
their newborns. Through this award, Jhpiego will lead efforts that increase
the utilization and sustainment of quality family planning services in
low-resource settings worldwide. USAID estimates the total amount for the
five-year award to be $20 million. ACCESS partners include Save the Children, Constella Futures,
the Academy for Educational Development, the American College
of Nurse Midwives and IMA World Health.
In addition, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Jhpiego $187,000 for the
first year of a three-year program combating malaria in pregnancy. This work,
sponsored by the CDC National Center for Infectious Disease, is awarded under the
Bush administration’s malaria initiative. Jhpiego will work in Tanzania to expand
access to preventive measures such as insecticide-treated bed nets and antenatal
care, and ensure prompt and effective treatment of malaria among pregnant women.
Local partners include the Tanzania Ministry of Health and the White Ribbon Alliance
for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania.
About ACCESS
The ACCESS Program is the U.S. Agency for
International Development's global program to improve maternal and newborn health.
The ACCESS Program works to expand coverage, access and use of key maternal and newborn
health services across a continuum of care from the household to the hospital—with the
aim of making quality health services accessible for women and newborns. Jhpiego
implements the program in partnership with Save the Children, Constella Futures, the
Academy for Educational Development, the American College of Nurse-Midwives and
IMA World Health.
About Jhpiego
For 35 years, Jhpiego, (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), has empowered front-line health
workers by designing and implementing simple, low-cost, hands-on solutions that
strengthen the delivery of health care services, following the
household-to-hospital continuum of care. We partner with community- to
national-level organizations to build sustainable, local capacity through
advocacy, policy and guidelines development, and quality and performance
improvement approaches.
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