Maternal Newborn and
Child Health
Progress Report
Technical Review Meeting- 7th -8th September
Presented by
Dr Neema Rusibamayila- AD -RCH
United Republic of Tanzania
Ministry of Health & Social Welfare
Outline
 Demographic
Data/Indicators
 Achievements
 Constraints
 Opportunities
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Demographic Data
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Maternal Mortality- 578/1000 live births
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UMR- 81/1000 live births (TDHS 2009/10)
IMR-51/1000 live births ( TDHS 2009/10)
NMR -26/1000 live births (TDHS 2009/10)
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CPR 36% all methods, 27.4% modern
methods. (TFR 5.4)
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AchievementsGuidelines/Strategies
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Launch of NFCIP, ARH Strategy,
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Revised LSS, Family Planning, FANC ,
Kangaroo Mother care Training packages
Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Prevention
and Control, Policy guidelines on
Management of Gender Based violence.
Essential newborn care guidelines, Postnatal
care guidelines
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Achievements
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Resource mobilization
CCHP’s –Road Map Activities
 MNCH equipment –World Bank, AusAID, SDC, UN- JP2, WHO-EC/ MoHSW,
Basket, CCHP’s.
 FP commodities – USAID, UNFPA.
 Integrated PMTCT/MNCH proposal
submitted in round 10
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Advocacy –MNCH at all levels
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Achievements- Capacity Building
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LSS /FANC –>800 HW trained
FP –.> 470
HBB- Roll out (> 600 HW)
Kangaroo Mother care (11 sites)
PHI -(> 228 HW)
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
(86% of RCH clinics, 17% HEID) , (>2000
HW)
Supervision
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Constraints
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Inadequate human resource for Health
Inadequate equipment and supplies for
MNCH including FP commodities
Poor quality of supervision
Inadequate support for zonal RCH offices to
coordinate and support supervision.
Difficulty in monitoring progress (depending
on surveys)
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Opportunities
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Strengthening integration of services
Integration of HIV/MNCH services
High level political commitment
Global advocacy and action for MDG 4 and 5
Increased partners interested in MNCH
Key strategic documents in place
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Conclusion
Progress has been made
WE CAN DO MORE
Let us Play Our Part
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