29th July, 2015 Prime Foundation is all set to launch the second phase of Mother and Child Care Project in collaboration with Trust for Vaccine and Immunization (TVI), with funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). The project is a scale up of previous pilot project in Bajaur in March 2013.
During a training workshop held at a local hotel on Thursday, Dr. Usman (Director Public Health Interventions) Prime Institute of Public Health (PIPH), welcomed the Key staff and trainers of the project and said “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”.
“Medical Colleges in the project districts will be involved in the initiative with focus on assigning them role as partners to the implementing partner for the district based team trainings” said Dr. Saeed Anwar (Project Director, PIPH). He further added “Prime Foundation will arrange a capacity building event for potential resource persons from each of the partnering medical colleges to enable them act as local capacity building resource in team with the project trainers.”
Dr. Zamir Hussain Suhag (Consultant Pediatrician, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, AKU), presented an overview of the Project, its various activities, data collection techniques and tools used as well as the flow and management of Health Camps.
Dr. Noshad Ali (Research Manager, AKU) briefed the participants regarding the importance of field norms and cultural sensitivities, mapping and listing of Intervention areas, community mobilization and Data Management & related issues.
The two day training workshop was designed to provide detailed orientations to the project staff and develop their capacity and create a pool of trained human resource for efficient execution of activities.
