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MULTICOUNTRY MEETING IN ARMENIA ACCELERATES PROGRESS TOWARD IMPROVED MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IN EASTERN EUROPE
World Health Organization
Nov 6 2013
06-11-2013
Alberta Bacci
Within a project to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and
mortality in eastern Europe by improving primary health care for women
and babies and referral systems during pregnancy and after childbirth,
WHO organized a meeting on this topic on 24-25 October 2013 in Yerevan,
Armenia. The project is being implemented in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan
and is financed by the Government of the Russian Federation.
The meeting allowed participants:
to summarize the project's achievements; to share experience in
implementation of the "WHO assessment tool for the quality of
outpatient antepartum and postpartum care for women and newborns";
to review the introduction of supportive supervision and improvement
of referral systems not only in the project's target countries, but
also in 10 other countries of eastern and central Europe; to identify
remaining challenges.
Main outcomes
Participants developed recommendations for improvement of referral
systems and concrete actions to implement these recommendations in
the near future.
The meeting was an important step forward in accelerating progress
toward achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (on reducing
child mortality and improving maternal health) and the objectives of
the European policy for health and well-being "Health 2020".
Invited speakers
Besides representatives of 12 Member States nominated by their
ministries of health, the meeting was attended by experts and
international development partners.
Dr S. Khachatryan, Deputy Minister of Health of Armenia, Dr S.
Axelrod, Deputy Director of the Department of International
Cooperation and Public Relations of the Ministry of Health of the
Russian Federation, and many other speakers emphasized the importance
of improving maternal and newborn health, health promotion and the
prevention of complications related to childbirth.
Professor R. Nadishauskiene, Chair of the European Regional Panel
on Research and Training in Reproductive Health and Head of the
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department in the Lithuanian University of
Health Sciences, said "I was happy to share experience of development
of a referral system for pregnant women, mothers and newborns in my
country, but I also learned a lot and will use the new knowledge in
Lithuania. The meeting provided the possibility to look at outpatient
care from another angle".
http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/armenia/news/news/2013/11/multicountry-meeting-in-armenia-accelerates-progress-toward-improved-maternal-and-child-health-in-eastern-europe
From: Baghdasarian
World Health Organization
Nov 6 2013
06-11-2013
Alberta Bacci
Within a project to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and
mortality in eastern Europe by improving primary health care for women
and babies and referral systems during pregnancy and after childbirth,
WHO organized a meeting on this topic on 24-25 October 2013 in Yerevan,
Armenia. The project is being implemented in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan
and is financed by the Government of the Russian Federation.
The meeting allowed participants:
to summarize the project's achievements; to share experience in
implementation of the "WHO assessment tool for the quality of
outpatient antepartum and postpartum care for women and newborns";
to review the introduction of supportive supervision and improvement
of referral systems not only in the project's target countries, but
also in 10 other countries of eastern and central Europe; to identify
remaining challenges.
Main outcomes
Participants developed recommendations for improvement of referral
systems and concrete actions to implement these recommendations in
the near future.
The meeting was an important step forward in accelerating progress
toward achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (on reducing
child mortality and improving maternal health) and the objectives of
the European policy for health and well-being "Health 2020".
Invited speakers
Besides representatives of 12 Member States nominated by their
ministries of health, the meeting was attended by experts and
international development partners.
Dr S. Khachatryan, Deputy Minister of Health of Armenia, Dr S.
Axelrod, Deputy Director of the Department of International
Cooperation and Public Relations of the Ministry of Health of the
Russian Federation, and many other speakers emphasized the importance
of improving maternal and newborn health, health promotion and the
prevention of complications related to childbirth.
Professor R. Nadishauskiene, Chair of the European Regional Panel
on Research and Training in Reproductive Health and Head of the
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department in the Lithuanian University of
Health Sciences, said "I was happy to share experience of development
of a referral system for pregnant women, mothers and newborns in my
country, but I also learned a lot and will use the new knowledge in
Lithuania. The meeting provided the possibility to look at outpatient
care from another angle".
http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/armenia/news/news/2013/11/multicountry-meeting-in-armenia-accelerates-progress-toward-improved-maternal-and-child-health-in-eastern-europe
From: Baghdasarian