Improving access to quality health services in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, by reducing the mortality rate among women and children affected by the conflict in the cities of Ain al-Arab (Kobane) and Mebij. This is the goal of a new intervention, supported by UNICEF, that will continue throughout 2019.
The main beneficiaries will be children under five, women of reproductive age, people in need of psychosocial support, patients suffering from malnutrition or communicable and non-communicable diseases.
The main activities include the rehabilitation of two clinics, in Membij and Kobane, together with the drafting of primary care guidelines and procedures. The project also includes the development and implementation of a mortality monitoring and evaluation system and training courses for health workers on health logic management, mental health, maternal and child health care.
The project also aims to increase the number of births attended by specialised personnel, and to ensure prenatal and postnatal care. Finally, health promotion campaigns and interventions to improve infant and young child feeding practices will be implemented.
