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CHW Training
Posted on 31st December 2016 by Chris Jones
In December we hosted over 70 of our Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Area Coordinators for refresher training in preventative healthcare at our base in Lailenpi.
There was an opportunity to review core topics as well as identify the top ten common diseases faced by villagers in rural areas of western Myanmar.
Time was spent at our training centre sharing experiences and documenting challenges faced in the field, including developing ideas for posters and leaflets for use in the communities.
The CHWs left incredibly encouraged and grateful to all who have supported this work and provided so generously for its ongoing development.
TBA Training
Posted on 15th December 2016 by Chris Jones
Over the last few months we've been busy providing training to Community Health Workers and Traditional Birth Attendants in Chin State.
We're really grateful for the support we have received from the wonderful team at Birthlink UK, for their hard work, technical expertise and incredible resilience in travelling out to Chin State.
The aim of the training is to safeguard the health and wellbeing of mothers and their new-born babies in the poorest and most vulnerable communities in remote rural areas through improving the skills of untrained birth attendants.
Many of the women walked up to 5 days through the jungle to attend the interactive training session and it was great for our team to hear how prior training had been put into practice to save the lives of numerous new-born babies over the past two years.
UNFPA Dignity Kits
Posted on 13th October 2016 by Chris Jones
We were delighted to partner with the UNFPA earlier this year to distribute almost 5,000 dignity kits to women in Chin State.
Dignity kits provide the basic items that women and girls need to maintain hygiene, respect and dignity, particularly in the face of natural disasters.
The UNFPA recently featured Health & Hope's work on their website, in addition to reporting on our work to deliver 400 Clean Delivery Kits to pregnant women in the aftermath of Cyclone Komen in 2015.
Read more at the UNFPA Website for Myanmar.
