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About HealthProm's work in Central AsiaTRANSCRIPT
Working in partnership to improve health and well-
being of vulnerable children and women in
Central Asia
HealthProm
UK-based international development NGO working with local communities in Eastern Europe and Asia to improve health and social care for vulnerable women and children.
We currently work in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus and Northern Afghanistan.
HealthProm
Background...UK – USSR Medical Exchange
Programme, 1984
Aim: To build up friendship and trust between the UK and the USSR through the
medical network
...to achieve sustainable, culturally sensitive dissemination of best practices in health and social care for vulnerable groups in the region in partnership with our overseas partners
Our mission now...
To keep women and their babies safe We work with local partners to promote safe childbirth
To keep families together and prevent child institutionalisation We ensure parents get the support they need to care for their children, especially those with a disability or at risk.
Our aims...
Prevention through safe motherhood
Safe childbirth and newborn care
Early intervention for improved child social care and development
Supporting vulnerable parents to care for their children, especially children with disabilities.
We focus on:
capacity-building evidence-based practice partnership work cost-effectiveness
Key principles of our work
KyrgyzstanTajikistanUzbekistanAzerbaijan Northern Afghanistan Russia
Where we work
In the past we also worked in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
Train health and social care professionals Develop effective interventions, publications and
training materials
Raise public awareness and advocate at regional and national levels
Organise public health education and prevention campaigns
Build capacity of local NGOs and provide networking opportunities
What we do
Safe Childbirth Project in AzerbaijanTogether with our Azerbaijani partner NGO “Family and Society” we trained more than 300 doctors and midwives in more than 6 regions in the country and provided necessary medical equipment to local hospitals in Sheki and Kizhi regions. The project was funded by GlaxoSmithKline and started in 2003.
Inter-regional League of Midwives of RussiaHealthProm helped develop the first professional association for midwives for Russia, which acts as a voice for Russian midwives and advocates for a defined professional role for midwives based on international definitions and standards of midwifery education and practice.
Bologoye Hospital Project (Tver region, Russia)HealthProm provided essential medical equipment and professional training for the
Bologoye Hospital Maternity Department
Newborn care in UzbekistanHealthProm provided training of trainers in resuscitation of newborn babies in Uzbekistan in partnership with the Ministry of Health and UNICEF
Past Projects and Achievements
Altai Child Disability Project (Siberia, Russia) HealthProm and our Russian partner NGO Revival established two day care centres for disabled
children and their families, which provided community based care and support service for disabled children and their families in this Siberian region
Young Child Attachment, St. Petersburg In partnership with the St Petersburg Early Intervention Institute Focus on understanding of children's needs for development and a Russian evidence base of research
findings on what works best for child development Building awareness and dissemination of information on child attachment
Past Projects and Achievements (cont.)
Current Projects“Supporting young disabled children and
their families in Kyrgyz Republic”• 2008-2011
• Funded by the Big Lottery Fund, UK
• Working in partnership with two Kyrgyz NGOs – Association of Parents
of Disabled Children, Bishkek, and Public Association “Shoola-Kol”, Issyk-Kul region
Project Aims
To support most vulnerable children with intellectual and physical disability AND their families by providing community-based early childhood intervention services
To improve understanding by government and community of child disability and rights of disabled children through work with media, government and general public
To provide parents and specialists with access to accessible information and resources on child disability to help them provide better care for the children
Established 2 unique Day care centres in Bishkek and Bokonbaevo with outreach work/home visits to isolated families
Bishkek day centre – the only centre in the country with the focus on early intervention for young children with severe disabilities aged from 0 to 7 y.o.
Bokonbaevo centre -a rural centre based in a mainstream school with outreach work to other villages, works with local FAPs
Achievements
Established excellent links with local and national media, with successful awareness campaigns and PR work. positively changing attitudes
HealthProm provided multi-disciplinary training for local specialists and parents on family support, child disability and child development.
A series of accessible publications for parents and specialists
Achievements (cont.)
Built capacity of local partners and empowered parents though training and regular support, study visits and activities
Each year provided summer holidays opportunities for more than 100 children with disabilities (and their families) including children from Belovodsky Internat
Established active links with maternity hospitals, FAPs and policlinics to reach new families
Achievements (cont.)
“Reducing poverty, empowering vulnerable families, strengthening partnerships and advocating for rights”
Funded by the European Commission
Partners – NGO Disabled Women’s League “Ishtirok”
Opened Kishti Centre providing Early Year Support Services to babies and mothers at risk of institualisation
An Early Years Support Centre service in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Project Aims: To reduce maternal and newborn deaths through
recruiting and training community health workers in local villages to provide basic health care
To raise awareness and improving quality of care in 10 poor villages
To provide essential equipment and supplies, build premises for the health centre
To provide motor transport for obstetric emergencies
Reducing maternal and newborn deaths in Charharkint District, Northern Afghanistan
New project funded by ICCO started in January 2011
Main partner: NGO Nur Bala, Talas
Other partners - Association of Parents of Disabled Children (ARDI), Shoola-Kol
Aim: to support children with severe and multiple intellectual disabilities and their families in Talas region through establishing and strengthening sustainable community-based support mechanisms in the region.
Increasing access to basic services for children with intellectual disabilities in the Talas regionNEW
!
…based on the success of our current project funded by the Big Lottery Fund and will continue our partnership with ARDI in Bishkek and Shoola-Kol in Bokonbaevo.
Through Nur Bala we will support 6 parents groups to become local Family Support Centres and will establish a regional network of parents groups that will give a voice to families of children with disabilities, with a specific focus on intellectual disabilities.
Talas project (cont.)
HealthProm is currently embarking on an ambitious growth strategy that will take it to its next development phase, and enable it to increase its influence and impact.
Developing regional strategy for Central Asia, new cross-border and cross-sector programmes and projects
Expanding and diversifying its partners and supporter base
Our Future Plans