Sino-Canadian Project for Strengthening Health Systems for Maternal and Child Health
Background
Building on the success of the CIDA-funded Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Project, the Sino-Canadian Project for Strengthening Maternal and Child Health Systems will work in three provinces in western China: Xinjiang, Qinghai and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Project provinces include ethnic minority nationality areas, and experience much higher rates of maternal mortality than the national average. There are expected to be synergies with the domestically-funded “Reduction of Maternal Mortality and Elimination of Neonatal Tetanus Project” whichoperates in the same areas.
Project Goal
To contribute to more equitable growth in China by supporting Chinese efforts to enhance the human capital of the rural poor in western regions of China.
Purpose: To develop the capacity of the Ministry of Health and provincial health departments to improve the quality, accessibility and timely availability of essential MCH services.
Funding and Duration
The Sino-Canadian Project for Strengthening Health Systems for Maternal and Child Health is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency for $8 million. The project will be designed and implemented between 2003-2009.
Anticipated Project Activities
- Training of MCH staff, village doctors and natural village midwives in clinical skills and community-based processes;
- Training in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation for MCH workers;
- Strengthening maternal and child health referral systems for remote, rural areas;
- Capacity building and research initiatives in operational, health services and policy research.
Partners
Canadian Executing Agency |
University of Ottawa,
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Dr. Nancy Edwards, Canadian Project Director
Susan Roelofs, Assistant Director, Operations |
Chinese Executing Agency |
Ministry of Health of China,
Department of Primary Health Care & Maternal Health Care |
Dr. Wang Bin, Chief of Women’s Health Division
Dr. Song Li, Program Officer, Division of Maternal Health |
Local Partners |
National Center for Women and Children’s Health |
Professor Guo Sufang
Professor Wang Linhong |
Bureaus of Public Health in the provinces of Qinghai and Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. |
For more information
Visit www.health.uottawa.ca/chine/
Contact Susan Roelofs, Assistant Director, Operations
Email: sroelofs@uottawa.ca; Tel: 613-562-5800, ext. 8438; Fax: 613-562-5658
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