"be meant to help make ... " means what?

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Maple  #338129  Sun, 11 Mar 07 06:15 PM

Hi, everyone!

And again I encounter some questions.

Although COPD is at the moment incurable, large strides
are being made in its treatment, and in our understanding
of it. Learn More, Breathe Better is meant to help make
those strides even larger
.

Learn More, Breathe Better is the name of a program

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My questions:

Does the latter part of the sentence mean as follows?

The program, is meant to help to make those strides even larger.

or

People means to use the program to help to make those strides even larger.

meant is in its passive voice, and to is optional, right?

Thanks for your reading Smile [:)]

  
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Marius Hancu  #338158  Sun, 11 Mar 07 08:42 PM
is meant to: is intended to, its purpose is ...
to help make: to contribute making ...

... is intended/designed to contribute making those strides even larger ...
... is intended/designed to make those strides even larger ...

  
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