Anemia, Antepartum Hemorrhage, Birth Asphyxia, Diarrhoea, Eclampsia, Neonatal Sepsis, Pneumonia, Postpartum Hemorrhage
Conditions
Brief summary
The Maternal Neonatal and Child health indicators in District Dadu of Pakistan portrays a dismal pictures and after the floods of 2010-2011 the health infrastructure of this district was badly affected. Aga Khan University Pakistan is intending to implement a service delivery project for the improvement of Maternal Neonatal and Child health situation through evidence based MNCH interventions.
Detailed description
The Aga Khan University is implementing together with its local partners a MNCH project in five Union Councils (UC) in Dadu District in Sindh Province. The project will scale up the already existing health services for MNCH in the district referral hospital and the five Basic Health Units (BHUs), one in each UC. Institutional based services as well as their scope for outreach to pregnant women, mothers and children in the communities with the aim to promote safe deliveries as per WHO guidelines and Government policy will be enhanced. In order to deliver quality services, the facilities will be renovated and equipped and the capacity of the existing staff will be strengthened through different training courses in MNCH. In addition professionally trained Lady Health Visitors will be introduced in the BHUs, who will conduct all maternal services including deliveries in the BHU and the communities. The health staff is furthermore responsible to establish and facilitate community support groups and raise communal awareness for the importance of mother and child health care as well as safe deliveries with skilled attendants. Operational research is an integral part of this pilot project. The research validates the progress and improvement of maternal and child health indicators. The results will be used to lobby the scale up of MNCH interventions with the Ministry of Health in Pakistan.
Interventions
OTHERMaternal Neonatal and Child Health Interventions
Antenatal care, postnatal care, skilled birth attendance, recognition and referral of complicated cases, immunization
Sponsors
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Aga Khan University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Days to 49 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Be a resident of target areas and consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Do not fulfill the residence and consent criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maternal, Neonatal and infant mortality | 24 months | A 20% reduction in mortality rates is expected |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antenatal Care | 12 months | A 40% Increase in Antenatal care is expected |
| Skilled Birth attendance | 12 months | A 40% increase in Skilled Birth attendance is expected |
| Essential Neonatal Care | 24 months | A 40% increase in uptake of Essential Neonatal Care |
| Child hood Immunization Rates | 24 months | A 30% increase in child hood immunization rates |
Outcome results
None listed