The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) is the brand used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark to provide humanitarian aid and development assistance to other countries, with a focus on developing nations. Founded in 1962, DANIDA is headquartered in Copenhagen and provides development finance, small business loans, export/import financing, and foreign investment capital. It has been granting development assistance since World War II and works with organizations like the UN, World Bank, and EU on coordination. In India specifically, DANIDA supports three national health programs for leprosy, tuberculosis, and blindness.

1. DANIDA
DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR.
maheswarijaikumar2103@gmail.com

2. DANISH
INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY

3. FOUNDED
• 1962.
• INDUSTRY : FINANCE SERVICE

4. HEADQUATERS
• COPENHAGEN. DENMARK

5. SERVICES
• Development finance.
• Small and medium enterprise
finance.
• Export finance, import finance.
• Foreign investment finance.
• Development aid.

6. DANIDA
• Danish International
Development Agency (DANIDA), is
the brand which the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Denmark, uses
when it provides humanitarian
aid and development assistance
to other countries, with focus
on developing countries.

7. • DENMARK has been granting
development assistance since
the end of the Second World
War.

8. PERMANENT KEY PEOPLE
• Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen
Permanent State Secretary of
Foreign Affairs.
• Kim Jørgensen
State Secretary of Foreign Policy.

9. ULRIK VESTERGAARD

10. KIM JORGENSEN

11. CONT….
• Lars Thuesen State Secretary of
Trade and Strategy.

12. CO-ORDINATION
• Danida also works in
collaboration with the United
Nations, the World
Bank, regional development
banks and the European Union.

13. DANIDA & INDIA
• DANIDA provides assistance for
three National Health
Programmes.
DANLEP – LEPROSY.
DANTB – TUBERCULOSIS.
DANPCB – BLINDNESS.

14. DANLEP
• The programme was launched in
four districts in three states of
Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, & Tamil
Nadu.

15. • It offers infrastructural support,
health education, human
resource development,
programme monitoring &
prevention & care of
deformities.

16. DANTB
• DANIDA assists the Revised
national Tuberculosis Control
Programme since 1966 and is
continuing till today.

17. DANPCB
• DANIDA provides assistance for
the services rendered under
National Blindness Control
Programme since 1978.
• The assistance is offered in three
phases.

18. • PHASE I : Strengthened the
infrastructure of Primary Health
centres.
• PHASE II : It set up District
Blindness Control Societies in
order to develop human
resources & to decentralize the
services.

19. • PHASE III : Continues the gains of
the earlier phases and is
proposed to set up national Eye
Care Center through its
assistance.

20. THANK YOU