The community-based initaitives programme provides technical suppport to Member States to develop partnerships with different sectors and potential partners to improve the health and well-being of local communities. Partnerships are created with other UN agencies, nongovernmental organizations, ministries and academic institutions.
Partnerships at the country level have proven successful in a range of activities, including:
- community recovery and development
- reducing poverty
- achieving the targets of the Millennium Development Goals and meeting the basic social and economic needs of vulnerable communities
- strengthening health facilities and primary health care services
- promoting healthy lifestyles, conducting healthy school initiatives and implementing no-smoking campaigns
- improving adult literacy rates, access to safe drinking-water and excreta disposal facilities, expanding immunization coverage and ensuring greater health inequity in urban settings
- addressing the social determinants of health.
Related links
International Islamic Relief Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2009–2011
Fund for Integrated Rural Development of Syria (FIRDOS)
Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment
Community-based initiatives newsletter, Volume 7, issue 2 [pdf 4.53Mb]
Towards making every city a healthy city
