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Maternal & Child
Health Community
2nd Annual Forum |
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The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Community of Solution Exchange
opened its Second Annual Forum – Sevagram 2007
at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) in Sevagram
on 9 February 2007. During the two-day workshop over 200 MCH Community
members had a chance to interact face-to-face, identify and discuss emerging
maternal and child health issues, and look for opportunities to take action
in these critical areas. The Forum was kicked off by a panel of distinguished
guests from the The scientific sessions opened
with Dr. Arvind Mathur, WHO India presenting the emerging issues on the new
‘WHO Recommended Growth Standards’; followed by Dr. S. R. Patel, Government
of Gujarat speaking on ‘Public Private Partnership in Health Care Delivery’;
and Dr. Nozer Sheriar,
FOGSI giving his insights on ‘Access to Safe Abortion’. The second half of
the day saw our four conveners Dr. Bulbul Sood, CEDPA and Dr. Rajiv Tandon, USAID deliberate on ‘Skilled Birth Attendance’;
Dr. B. S. Garg, MGIMS share his experience and concerns on ‘Community Based
IMNCI’ and Dr. Dinesh Agarwal, UNFPA speak on ‘Access to Emergency
Contraception’. The second day six groups
visited MGIMS community based interventions sites to get first hand
experience on three projects: ‘ICMR- Home-based Neonatal Care (HBNC) and
ICDS’; ‘Community Led Initiatives for Child Survival (CLICS)’; and the MMR
Reduction Project. The field visit ended with a free flowing discussion
between project staff and Community members to crystallize the learning,
which were later presented to all the Forum participants. Thanks again for everyone who
participated, organized and sent their best wishes for the Forum. We are
looking forward to taking on the issues and recommendations discussed during
the two eventful days. |
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