Relief Agencies Donate $7.8 Million to Senegal to Fight Malaria

The Christian Children’s Fund (CCF) announced that U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $7.8 million grant to the nongovernment organization consortium led by CCF for the Community Action Against Malaria Campaign.

Anne Goddard, president of CCF, announced the grant will go to the Community Action Against Malaria campaign in Senegal in support of the President’s Malaria Initiative .

Senegal is one of 15 African countries targeted by the initiative to reduce mortality rates from malaria by 50 percent.

CCF said it, in cooperation with the Senegalese Ministry of Health, aims to enhance capacity building of community-based organizations, local health districts and community-run health clinics (health huts). This will include training and support to regional health posts, nurses and community health workers in the treatment of malaria, using the latest and most effective medicines in targeted villages, the organization added.