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I.M.A.
Awarded $40 Million for the AXxes Health Care Project in D.R.
Congo
An estimated eight million adults and children in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will have access to
improved health care through Project AXxes, a three-year,
$40 million program designed to deliver basic health care
services and rebuild the health system. I.M.A. has been
named as the lead agency for the project, which will be
managed in collaboration with the DRC Ministry of Health and
implemented through four Project AXxes partners including
the Protestant Church of Congo (ECC) and international
agencies World Vision International, Catholic Relief
Services and Merlin. Project AXxes, made possible by the
generous support of the American people, is funded by the
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
 This
grant will mean restoring life and hope to 8 million
people in one of the most needy areas of the
country.
—Dr. William Clemmer, I.M.A. Representative
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“I.M.A. is extremely pleased to be able to extend the
work that was begun six years ago through the SANRU III
rural health project, also implemented in partnership with
the Protestant Church of Congo” stated Paul Derstine, I.M.A.
President.
Project AXxes will work in 60 health zones in Eastern and
Southern DRC, including regions caught up in what has been
called the world’s deadliest war. Since 1998 an estimated
four million persons have died, either as a direct result of
fighting or because of disease and malnutrition. Even now as
the country is moving to a democratically elected
government, life expectancy for men and women is only 46 and
51 years, respectively.
Project AXxes will work to increase access to basic
health care services, including immunizations, maternal and
newborn care, nutrition, malaria, TB, and management of
childhood illnesses such as diarrhea and acute respiratory
infection. The project will also help rebuild the health
system by addressing the lack of trained service providers,
inadequate medical equipment and supplies, and lack of
organizational capacity.
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