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The Government of the Republic
of Italy has been supporting
Ministry of Health, Myanmar,
for improving child survival by implementation of the Essential Newborn Care
(ENC) Programme since 2006. During the first phase
health care staff has been trained in 14 Townships in Magway,
Ayeyarwady, Sagaing and Bago Divisions. The second phase of the program started
on 1 January 2009. The Department of
Health will expand the Programme to 16 more townships: Dedaye,
Hinthada, Kyaiklat, Kangyidaunt, Maubin, Myaungmya, Ngapudaw, Pyapon, Thabaung and Wakema in Ayeyarwady Division
and Chan Aye Thar Zan, Kyaukpadaung, Lewe, Pyinmana, Tatkon and Thabeikkyin in Mandalay Division.
The objectives of this second phase of the ENC Programme are:
In the townships of the first phase:
 to strengthen the health
facility-based and community-based interventions for improving maternal and
neonatal health by raising awareness of maternal and newborn health issues,
enhancing key family practices and community participation.
to improve case management
skills of Skilled Birth Attendants in Maternal and Neonatal Care so that best
practices are implemented in the first referral facility and at the community
level.
In the townships of the second phase:
to provide technical support for
training health staff for
strengthening and expansion of newborn health care and management.
Advocacy meetings were carried out in July and the first
two Training of Trainers (ToT) courses were
conducted in August in Central Women’s Hospital, Yangon
from 10 to 21 August. The trainers were neonatologists from Yangon Central
Women’s Hospital, North Okkalapa General Hospital, Thingangyun Sanpya Hospital, and Taunggyi
Women and Children’s Hospital. Another two ToT
courses have been planned in Mandalay Division at Mandalay Central Women’s
Hospital from 21 September to 2 October, 2009.
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ToT at Central Women’s Hospital, Yangon
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Training sessions for Trainers
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Hands on sessions
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