24th July, 2015 Prime Foundation in collaboration with Trust for Vaccine and Immunization (TVI) and Aga Khan University (AKU), with funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), launched the second phase of Mother and Child Care Project (MCCP). The project is a scale up of a previous pilot project in Bajaur in March 2013. The current project will target 7 districts and agencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA for providing a package of Maternal and Child Health Care through Health Camps, including basic care, referral and immunization activities. The Health Camps will be supplemented by focused community mobilization activities and pre/post intervention surveys.
A two training was held for the project staff at Hotel Grand, Peshawar on the 24th & 25th July 2015, in order to provide them with a detailed orientation and develop their capacity for conducting project activities including community mobilization and health camp management.
Core staff of Prime Institute of Public Health (PIPH), Prime Foundation, conducted the training activity. Dr. Saeed Anwar (Project Director, PIPH) delivered the welcome note and presented an overview on community mobilization activities regarding immunization and vaccination for preventable diseases, and counseling techniques. Dr. Usman Raza (PIPH) familiarized the participants with the project background, activities, timelines and target population. He also led the consultative sessions on micro-planning and resource allocation for each of the target districts and agencies. Dr. Sharif (PIPH) engaged the participant with discussion on community mobilization techniques and messages regarding nutrition, personal hygiene and health camp management.
The training is first in a series of workshops designed to create a pool of trained human resource for executing project activities as well as building their capacities in the process.