New rural healthcare centres aim to improve maternal, child health
New rural healthcare centres aim to improve maternal, child health
Myanmar Times, 20 Jun 2016
URL: http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/20937-new-rural-healthcare-centres-aim-to-improve-maternal-child-health.html
Nearly 80 health centres will be built in rural Myanmar to improve services and reduce inequality, according to the Three Millennium Development Goal Fund.
The first 17 centres have already been built in Magwe Region and handed over to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Another 61 will be constructed by 2017, financed by the 3MDG Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
The focus of the healthcare provided in the centres is on maternal, newborn and child health, according to the statement. Services will also be available for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria. All centres will have two to five staff and have the capacity to treat 30 to 50 patients a day.
After Magwe, the other centres will be built at several locations in Ayeyarwady (15 centres), Mandalay (2), Sagaing (17) and Yangon (3) regions, as well as Chin (5), Kayah (6) and Shan (13) states.
The first 17 centres have already been built in Magwe Region and handed over to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Another 61 will be constructed by 2017, financed by the 3MDG Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
The focus of the healthcare provided in the centres is on maternal, newborn and child health, according to the statement. Services will also be available for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria. All centres will have two to five staff and have the capacity to treat 30 to 50 patients a day.
After Magwe, the other centres will be built at several locations in Ayeyarwady (15 centres), Mandalay (2), Sagaing (17) and Yangon (3) regions, as well as Chin (5), Kayah (6) and Shan (13) states.