Afrigather The Ministry of Health and Social Products and companies with toughen from World Health Organization (WHO) and funding from the Authorities of Japan concluded a one-one year mission to mitigate the affect of COVID-19 on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child effectively being companies and products. The programme used to be implemented towards the backdrop the establish COVID-19 threatened the country’s ability to meet its purpose to lower maternal mortality from 385 (NDHS 2013) to at least 200 per 100,000 are living births by 2021/22 and to lower newborn mortality from 20 to 10 per 1,000 are living births by 2021/22.
Globally, on each day basis, approximately 800 women folks and 6 700 babies lose their lives resulting from preventable causes related to being pregnant and childbirth. As effectively as, virtually 5 400 babies are stillborn day after day, with 40% of those deaths occurring in terms of labour and childbirth. Nearly all maternal deaths (99%) happen in increasing countries. Bigger than half of those deaths happen in sub-Saharan Africa.
The federal government of Japan granted a total of N$4, 056, 210 in March 2021, thru WHO to toughen the Ministry of Health and Social Products and companies to present a enhance to and develop the uptake of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child effectively being companies and products to mitigate the affect of COVID-19 pandemic on important companies and products. The mission reached cease to 30,000 pregnant women folks and over 140,000 early life beneath the age of 5 years nationally thru ability building of effectively being care companies, provision of life saving instruments along with 16 extremely-sound machines and conversation materials.
In a fresh talk about over with to the Erongo Situation, H.E. Mr. HARADA Hideaki, the Ambassador of Japan to Namibia mentioned that the mission used to be to present a enhance to the ability of scientific experts to provide quality important companies and products and to equip main effectively being care facilities to present a enhance to maternal and newborn care. He acknowledged that a total of 128 heath workers (Doctors and Nurse/Midwives) from all 14 areas representing all 35 districts were skilled to place into effect the original Antenatal Care (ANC) guidelines, and 16 facilities were geared up with ultrasound machines to present a enhance to the standard effectively being companies and products for pregnant women folks. The effectively being care workers in ten effectively being care facilities in Erongo and Otjozondjupa areas were further offered with mentoring and on the job training for the implementations of contemporary ANC guidelines.
Speaking at some stage in the a similar talk about over with, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative, mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt receive admission to to, and utilization of, reproductive, maternal and child effectively being companies and products. He acknowledged that early life, early life and mothers need to no longer getting the care they need; for a majority of those stipulations, this also can simply cling life-long and normally life-threatening consequences. Dr Sagoe-Moses additionally mentioned that the pandemic has further put effectively being systems and their ability to raise effectively being companies and products beneath further pressure. He mentioned that Namibia is amongst many countries struggling to abet a balance between scaling up an efficient COVID-19 response and making sure continuity of effectively being companies and products.
Hon. Dr Ester Muinjangwe, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Products and companies, who led the group in the Erongo Situation, referred to the no longer too long previously launched ANC Tricks for definite being pregnant skills, appreciating the develop of ANC visits to eight contact classes of which an ultrasound examination is required in the early stage of the being pregnant, at least between 20-24 weeks. She further mentioned fetal scan is terribly important for being pregnant relationship and checking for fetal anomaly. ‘With out an early accessibility to this provider, many ladies folks with complications will no longer cling the ultrasound done at all. This gesture from the Japanese embassy thru the WHO will perambulate a protracted draw to toughen mothers and their communities as they intention to variety greater effectively being outcomes’ the Deputy Minister emphasised.
WHO will proceed to provide technical and financial toughen to the government to retain the positive aspects thru this mission and attend the country in progressing towards meeting its purpose for maternal and child effectively being.
