APA-Dakar (Senegal) Washington will allocate more than 18 billion CFA to this project whose objective is to reduce the number of preventable deaths of mothers and children and to support the implementation of the National Malaria Control Programme (PNLP).
The Senegalese Minister of Finance and Budget, Mamadou Moustapha Ba, and Mrs. Paloma Adams-Allen, USAID Deputy Administrator, signed on Tuesday in Dakar, the letter of execution for the financing of the NDAMIR 3 Project for an amount of 31 million US dollars, or about 18.8 billion CFA francs.
The objective of this project is to reduce the number of preventable deaths of mothers and children and to support the implementation of the National Malaria Control Programme (PNLP), with a view to improving the management of health risks through community-based health insurance schemes.
“This important financial support from the American government once again reflects the trust and friendship between our two countries and demonstrates the dynamism of Senegalese-American cooperation. By agreeing to finance this ambitious project, you are once again supporting the efforts of the Government of Senegal to develop the health sector,” said Mr Ba.
The Minister of Finance and Budget underlined “the success of the NDAMIR 2 Project which, having brought together the PNLP and the Project for the Improvement of Mother and Child Health and the Health Information System (PASMESSIS), has made it possible to strengthen the capacities of the regions of Kaffrine, Kaolack and Ziguinchor in the implementation of high-impact interventions for the reduction of maternal, infant and neonatal mortality.
Through this project, USAID has supported the government of Senegal in the implementation of the Universal Health Coverage (CMU) through mutual health insurance, said Mamadou Moustapha Ba who “remains optimistic” about the success of the new NDAMIR 3 project.
According to the Minister, the latter covers at the same time the 2023-2026 period of the New Strategy of the Bureau of Health of USAID; which favours, according to him, a perfect alignment with the sectoral policies and the budgetary cycle for an efficiency and effectiveness of investments.
Mr. Ba also noted the “positive results” recorded in other sectors, notably Education, thus justifying the financing of a new programme for the Reinforcement of Initial Reading for All (RELIT) in the amount of 30 million dollars.
Mamadou Moustapha Ba also congratulated USAID for its willingness and commitment to use the direct funding mechanism called Government to Government (or G To G) in the implementation of the cooperation programme between the two countries.
This approach aligns US assistance with national priorities, reduces transaction costs, increases accountability, empowers local actors and ensures sustainability of results, he said, calling for a strengthening and expansion of this mechanism to other sectors.
“For its part, the government of Senegal is committed, in addition to the counterpart in kind, to making available to the beneficiary ministries of the programmes sufficient financial resources to take charge of activities within the framework of the projects executed under the direct financing mechanism,” the Minister of Finance and Budget assured, adding that “the state of Senegal will spare no effort to ensure that the cooperation programme we have signed and which will govern our bilateral relations until 2026 will be a total success.
Mrs. Paloma Adams-Allen looked forward to a long and fruitful collaboration that reflects the ties that unite and promote real and meaningful development for the Senegalese people.
“We look forward to deepening our partnership to ensure that our programmes continue to align with Senegal’s priorities. The United States is committed to supporting the people of Senegal and their longstanding commitment to democracy and democratic institutions,” she said.
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