UHMG's Maternal and Child Health intervention areas include:
• Maternal services; Antenatal care (guide community members to access ANC services, deliver from health facilities and attend postnatal clinics).
• Child health services; Infant and young child nutrition, assessment and management of malnutrition, management of malaria and diarrhoea prevention/management in under fives following the new ACT and ORT policy guidelines as well demand creation for immunisation services and other preventive services.
• Family planning services; demand creation for modern family planning services amongst women and men of reproductive age as well as supply chain management of family planning commodities.
Targeted behaviours include: For maternal health services support appropriate and timely health seeking behaviour for ANC services by pregnant women from qualified health personnel, delivering from health facilities and attending post natal clinics.
With regard to child Health, targeted behaviours include; Caretakers understanding and practicing proper infant and young child feeding, immunisation, and diarrhoea prevention through safe drinking water, proper hygiene and sanitation, undertaking malaria prevention through use of LLINs. Early recognition of acute fevers, respiratory infections and diarrhoea as well as timely referral to health facility for management is another area of focus for provision of services for integrated management of childhood illness.
Family planning services supported targeted behaviours include; awareness about family planning methods for informed choices and increased uptake of modern family planning services.
To see our call for proposals please visit the spot light page for details!
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 4:00 pm November 10th 2011
