Annual Report Dokters van de Wereld (Médecins du Monde ...

8g. Myanmar (Burma) – Better care for mother and childSince 2009, Dokters van de Wereld operates in the Delta region of Myanmar, one of thepoorest regions of the country. First with an emergency program to provide immediate medicalattention after the cyclone Nargis. Later a mother and child care project was started in Pyaponto structurally improve healthcare. In this district, the maternal mortality is very high. Manywomen do not come to clinic, or arrive too late because of the great distances and lack ofmoney. They also have very limited access to birth control programs. There are not enoughadequately trained local midwives and health workers.Activities: Visiting remote villages with a team of field staff consisting of midwives, nurses andcommunity mobilisers, mainly by boat Formation of village health committees in 137 villages, and training local healthworkers, who help to organise that information briefings Establish funds for care for the most remote villages Strengthening the health system at local and national levels in collaboration with theMinistry of Health, NGOs and the United NationsResults 2011: Every month, over 100 villages are visited by the mobile medical team In 25 villages a fund is established in order to pay for transport and hospital treatments 110 local health workers and 47 midwives trained, 126 patients treated thanks to villagefundsTarget audience:Personnel:Financing:mothers and children under 5 years, health workersnational 37 persons, international 3 personsDokters van de Wereld, MdM, EuropeAid, UNFPA, JIMNCHExpenditures: Total expenditure MdM € 325,999; contribution DvdW € 13,000Prospect 2012By May 1, 2012, the activities will be taken over by the Dutch branch of Doctors of the World.We will continue the chosen path to expand the care for mothers and young children andstrengthen the village health committees.30