From 2017 to 2021 the Aga Khan Foundation, in collaboration with the Government of Tanzania, civil society partners and local communities and with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada, undertook a project dedicated to improving the health of women, adolescent girls and children, and reducing maternal and newborn mortality in eight underserved districts of Mwanza, Tanzania. The US$ 11.6 million project – Improving Access to Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health in Mwanza, Tanzania (IMPACT) – reached about 1 million people, over 65 percent of them women and girls.
Some key results:
International Day of Rural Women is celebrated every year on 15 October.