Summative evaluation of the WHO Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) Initiative
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Summative evaluation of the WHO Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) Initiative

In 2012 the government of Canada provided a grant to the WHO Global Malaria Programme (GMP) to support the scale-up of the diagnosis and treatment of children with pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria by Community Health Workers, an approach known as integrated community case management (iCCM). The six-year programme, labeled the Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) initiative, distinguished itself from other internationally funded iCCM programmes by aiming to achieve universal health coverage for all children in hard-to-reach areas within selected geographic boundaries.

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Mid-term review of the EU/ACP/WHO Renewed Partnership for strengthening pharmaceutical systems and improving access to quality medicines in 15 African ACP Countries
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Mid-term review of the EU/ACP/WHO Renewed Partnership for strengthening pharmaceutical systems and improving access to quality medicines in 15 African ACP Countries

The “The Renewed EU/ACP/WHO Partnership” (RP) was a four year programme (October 2012 – September 2016) with the overall objective to contribute to the achievement of health-related MDGs and to universal health coverage in African ACP countries by improving the availability, affordability and use of safe, effective and quality assured essential medicines for the treatment of priority acute and non-communicable diseases.

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