Making Strides, Addressing Challenges
AMREF will be at the Midwifery Symposium, a gathering that brings together midwives, policy makers, major international NGOs, civil society organisations and donors. The symposium aims at raising global visibility towards addressing issues affecting midwifery and human resources for health in order to accelerate progress towards the achievement of MDGs 4 and 5.
AMREF has declared its commitment to improving midwifery services by training midwives and strengthening skilled attendance so that women and their newborns do not continue to die needlessly. AMREF is one of the partners calling upon governments to address and strengthen midwifery training by ensuring that midwives are adequately equipped with essential skills. A joint declaration of commitment will be launched on the second day of the symposium to strengthen midwifery services and address challenges to enhance progress towards MDGs 4 and 5. Over 25 partners will pledge their support towards improving access and availability of midwifery services while ensuring that services are culturally acceptable and of the highest quality.
AMREF’s Business Plan 2011-2014 focuses on the health of women and children and promotes efforts to ensure that midwifery services are accessible, acceptable and of high quality to improve the health of women and their babies in sub-Saharan Africa.
AMREF’s eLearning experience
Panelist Caroline Sawe Mbindyo, AMREF’s eHealth Programme Manager, will discuss the successes and challenges AMREF has faced while training midwives using the internet. This will take place on the 27 May between 8.45am to 12.15 pm during the fifth session of the symposium titled Innovations as strategies for strengthening quality midwifery care, access and availability. AMREF has been conducting successful eLearning initiatives in Africa since 2005. Kenya’s successful eLearning programme for nurses, implemented by AMREF, has been identified by the United Nations and African governments as a successful model for replication.
Harnessing resources within communities
Dr John Nduba, Technical Director, Reproductive and Child Health Programme, will share AMREF’s experience in addressing maternal and child health using innovative interventions harnessing the resources within communities. He will also be part of the video filming for The Better Birth for a Better World video series focusing on midwifery.
Women Deliver Conference 2013-May 28 -30 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Women Deliver conference is one of the largest meetings in the world bringing together policy makers, technical health persons and researchers who are focused on maternal health. AMREF will participate at this conference as a key player in the health sector in Africa and in particular, our focus on mothers and children. This conference focuses on the health and wellbeing of girls and women and aims to ensure that investments in girls and women remain a global priority in the lead-up to the 2015 Millenium Development Goal deadline and in the post-2015 development framework.
Tuberculosis/Maternal and Child Health Integration
Dr Meshack Ndirangu Wanjuki, is making a presentation at the Conference on the value of Tuberculosis/Maternal and Child Health integration as well as the critical changes needed to make this integration successful within the health system. He will focus on the maternal and paediatric TB situation.
AMREF Exhibition Booth
There is an opportunity to have discussions with our experts and learn about AMREF’s work in reaching out to communities in the remotest parts of Africa at Booth 213 in Exhibit Hall 4. AMREF will focus on technology and innovativeness and the role that they play in saving women’s lives. Our technical and advocacy experts will take part in several events to demonstrate our work in responding to communities’ needs in combating malaria in pregnancy and HIV and Maternal, Child and Neonatal Health.
You will also get to know more about the Stand Up for African Mothers campaign, an international awareness and fundraising initiative spearheaded by AMREF to train 15,000 midwives in Africa by 2015 and contribute towards the reduction of maternal mortality. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to reduce maternal deaths in Africa by signing our online petition to nominate a midwife for the Nobel Peace Prize 2015.
There will also be give-aways and publications about our programmes available at the booth.
Join our community
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More information
www.standupforafricanmothers.com
For press requests and AMREF exhibition, contact:
Gaye Agesa
Media & Public Relations
AMREF Headquarters
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