Congratulations to our April 2008 grantees:
International Trachoma Initiative
Project Concern International
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
The next Board meeting to select new grantees is June 16-18, 2008
International Trachoma Initiative
Project Concern International
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
The next Board meeting to select new grantees is June 16-18, 2008
International Trachoma Initiative
Project Summary: ITI received a grant from the Izumi Foundation of $448,809 to fund 20,000 Sight-Saving Surgeries in Niger and Burkina Faso over a 3 year period. In Niger, ITI plans to intensify and focus its surgical efforts on the seven districts of Maradi Region, a very high prevalence region. The target of 10,000 surgeries over three years will completely eliminate the existing TT (trachoma trichiasis) backlog in the region. By bringing in trained health professionals from other regions to work alongside local operators, the capacity of the local district facilities to continue providing services for incident cases arising after the program will be set in motion. The Burkina Faso program plans to provide TT surgery camps in nine trachoma endemic districts in which prevalence mapping has been completed. The Burkina program plans to provide refresher training sessions for TT operators; train new personnel; purchase surgical equipment and supplies; and provide an estimated 10,000 sight-saving surgeries.
Project Goal: The overall goal of the project is to prevent 20,000 cases of trachoma-related blindness over three years in Burkina Faso and Niger and to improve local and national capacity to effectively address residual cases that arise once this campaign has ended.
Project Concern International
Project Summary: Project Concern International (PCI) received a grant from the Izumi Foundation of $99,215 in support of Project BIRTH – Better Infant and Reproductive Total Health, a 12 month project designed to improve health outcomes for infants and young children in the municipality of Todos Santos in the Department of Huehuetenango in the rural highlands of western Guatemala. The project will build on the capacity of PCI’s existing program Casa Materna, an integrated reproductive health services program, which includes community outreach and education, as well as out-patient and in-patient clinical services to the primarily indigenous Mayan women and their children in communities throughout the region. Specifically, Project BIRTH will fill a critical gap in neonatal infant (0-28 days) and young child (up to 5 years) care by expanding and strengthening perinatal care interventions at both facility and community levels.
Project Goal: The overall goal of this program is to reduce infant and young child morbidity and mortality in high risk communities in the Department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
Project Summary: APUA received a grant from the Izumi Foundation of $47,366.91 to support a 12-month program of Targeted Antimicrobial Use Education (TAUE) and the development of a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral APUA chapter in Mozambique to improve antimicrobial treatment and use. The project will offer training to this new organization, and support the organization in reducing the morbidity and mortality of people suffering from infectious diseases in Mozambique. This project is designed to improve antimicrobial treatment from patients suffering from acute respiratory infections and diarrheal disease in particular.
Project Goal: The overall goal of this project is to improve healthcare for the people of Mozambique by actively promoting the appropriate use of antimicrobials by patients and health professionals.