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A New Pilot Site for Safe Motherhood in Almaty
In December 2005, USAID’s health reform program ZdravPlus II initiated its sixth safe motherhood pilot site in Kazakhstan. The program, implemented by Abt Associates, works to improve the quality and efficiency of maternal and newborn care by introducing a more woman- and family-centered approach in the country’s maternity houses.
The new pilot was opened at the maternity house of General Hospital #1 in Almaty City. To launch the pilot, 35 specialists from the maternity house received a two-week intensive training in safe motherhood and neonatal care that combined both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The course was provided by a team of experienced international consultants, jointly with a group of gynecologists, midwives, and neonatologists from Karaganda Oblast, where the safe motherhood program was first piloted.
As part of the training, the professionals from the new pilot attended a meeting with health leaders, gynecologists, and midwives from the USAID pilots in Karaganda Oblast and City. The participants shared their experiences on pilot implementation and discussed future actions to improve pre-natal care, care during labor, and post-partum and neonatal care. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Almaty City Health Department, National Mother and Child Health Center, World Health Organization, and the United Nations Population Fund.
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The safe motherhood approach promotes immediate skin-to-skin contact with a newborn infant
Photo Credit: ZdravPlus II |
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