Project profile — Strengthening Mother, Newborn and Child Health in Haiti - COVID-19 response

• Haiti (100.00%)

• Basic health care:
Basic health care (12220) (11.00%)
Basic health infrastructure (12230) (9.00%)
Basic nutrition (12240) (19.00%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health: Reproductive health care (13020) (61.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (principal objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to help reduce maternal, neonatal and child mortality through a comprehensive, integrated approach that promotes a continuum of care in seven communes in Haiti. This project provides additional funds in response to immediate needs to respond to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Project activities include: 1) training health staff and increasing supervision of specific procedures related to COVID-19 including prevention measures, referral-systems and management of gender-based violence cases; 2) supporting access to mental health services for health workers under stress directly related to the pandemic response; and 3) disseminating information to the public related to COVID-19 using radio, sound trucks, SMS platforms, and social media in partnership with local organizations.

Expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved delivery of essential health services to mothers, pregnant women, newborns and children under five; (2) improved utilization of essential health services by mothers, pregnant women, newborns and children under five; and (3) increased consumption of nutritious foods and supplements by mothers, pregnant women, newborns and children under five.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (June 2021) include: (1) 181 health and non-medical staff (63 men and 118 women) were trained on procedures specific to COVID-19; (2) 190,514 personal protection items, including surgical masks, N95 masks, protective gloves and glasses, disinfectants, hydroalcoholic gels, and infrared thermometers, were distributed to address COVID-19 protection needs in the project’s intervention areas; (3) 319,334 people were impacted by gender-based violence prevention, awareness and care activities; (4) 321 people (183 women, 135 girls and 3 boys) received care following gender-based violence; (5) 258 multi-skilled community health workers (124 women and 134 men) and 464 midwives were trained on COVID 19 risks, preventative measures and referral circuits; and (6) 301 providers and multi-skilled community health workers (189 women and 112 men) in 11 institutions were trained on stress management and how to manage psychological distress.

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