Development of community support system to improve maternal and neonatal health and accelerating progress to end child marriage
| Project |
Development of community support system to improve maternal and neonatal health and accelerating progress to end child marriage |
| Started on (Date) |
2011 |
| Phased out (Date |
2016 |
| Funded by |
Unicef |
| Implementing Partner |
Unicef Bangladesh |
| Working area |
All Upozila in Jamalpur&Sirajgonj District |
| Goal and Objectives |
“Reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in Sirajganj and Jamalpur districts with an emphasis on equity issues to achieve MDGs 4 and 5”. |
| Key interventions |
- Birth planning, ANC, PNC, Counseling session conduction by CHVs with PWs and other family members,
- # Identification and referral of complicated PW and newborn by CHVs
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| Result of intervention |
- Increased awareness about MNH in the community and increased demand as ANC, PNC and referral to the appropriate facilities with support of CG and CHV
- CG members are aware to conduct meeting regularly for look after the CC performance
- Increased referral from community to facility and CG are want to know what’s situation of referred mothers/ patient from the authority
- Local Govt. Institutions (UP,Upazila) expand their hand to support for facility repair maintenances and follow up CHV activity at field level
- CG’s are taken role for maintaining proper office time to the facilities and field level
Every CC generated fund for meet up emergency need as assist to poor mother and newborn |
| Project outcome |
- # Trained 3300 CHV
- # Increased normal delivery by SBA ,
- # Increased Birth planning,
- # Good relationship with Health & Family Planning
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