Preparation of 05-year Mother and Neonatal Child Health strategy
About Project
Mercy Corps is implementing a four-year Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) program in Quetta, Gwadar, and Kech districts of Balochistan, Pakistan, with support from USAID and the Scottish Government. The program addresses the high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality in Pakistan by focusing on improving skilled birth attendance in remote communities. Despite efforts to train community midwives (CMWs), many have struggled to establish clinics and attract clients.
The Saving Mothers and Newborns in Communities (SMNC) initiative seeks to enhance maternal and newborn health by enabling CMWs to become self-sustaining, private MNCH service providers. The program includes key components such as clinical refresher training, business skills development, the establishment of home-based clinics, and the integration of mobile health (mHealth) technology to track patient data and send reminders. Additionally, the program strengthens behavior change efforts, timely referrals, and policy-level support through the development of a five-year MNCH strategy for the Balochistan Department of Health (DoH).
The objective of this initiative is to provide evidence on scaling high-impact MNCH interventions through CMWs, with a focus on quality improvement, capacity building, and creating an enabling environment for CMWs to deliver essential maternal and newborn health services.
Momentum successfully completed consulting assignment for the Government of Balochistan’s MNCH Strategy. The first was the formulation and development of the MNCH Strategy 2017-2022. The assignments aimed to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Balochistan by ensuring strategic planning and financial sustainability.
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