Abstract

<p>"In June 2010, at the G-8 Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised that Canada would provide 2.85 billion dollars (over five years) in funding to support health initiatives for mothers and children in developing countries(Government of Canada, 2011).This focus on maternal and child health is in keeping with three of the eight Millennium Development Goals, which focus on empowering women, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. AllUnited Nation member states have agreed to support these goals and achieve specified health, gender, environmental and educationaltargets by 2015(World Health Organization [WHO], 2011).Canada’s government has thus committed tremendous resources, both financial and administrative, to achieve these targets that relate to maternal and child health. Seventy-five million dollars of this promised money is being disseminated by CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) to Canadian NGOs(Non-governmental organizations) who can provide program proposals that focus on maternal, newborn and child health initiatives in third world countries –most of the countries eligible for the funding are located in Africa(CIDA, 2010). It is from interest in the Muskoka initiative and the CIDA funding specifically that thisresearch project developed. When considering the relationship between NGOs and governmentas in this situation–and specifically in this case a Canadian NGO and the Canadian government –a few key questions arose. When producing proposals for government, specifically CIDA, what strategies do NGOs employ when communicating those proposals in the hopes that they will be allocated funds? How can these communication strategies be analyzed?" - p1</p>

Highlights

  • Author's Declaration Page I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this Major Research Paper

  • Theme 1: place and location simultaneously refer to character Theme 2: common characters – health care workers mothers and children Theme 3: almost every sentence highlighting conflict/tension or resolution Theme 4: conflict/tension – lack of infrastructure and HCW, resolution – strengthen health systems by training workers Theme 5: conflict/tension not between characters, but between characters and situation or characters and place Theme 6: Main strategic perspectives are - lack of HCS, disconnect between rural dwellers and health care systems causes health risks Theme 7: African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) works closely with Ethiopian MNCH

  • To begin gauging the amount of both independence and relevance employed by AMREF as a strategic variable, we will refer back to a question asked in the literature review: Does CIDA support the overall strategic perspective of the organization, which would lead to the supposition that they have an “allied” relationship?

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Summary

Objectives

This project aims to meet the health needs of women and children in South Omo

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