September 2013 Newsletter |
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Mega Community Mobilisation: Making Health Everybody's Business Hordes of people, including traditional, political, and community leaders, attended a one-day community mobilisation for health in Ringim, Jigawa State and in Nsukka, Enugu State. The PATHS2-supported mobilisations were organised in collaboration with the state, local governments and health authorities of each state to create awareness that people need to use health facilities. Read more. |
Improved Capacity Attracts Women to Health Centre - Enugu, Nigeria
Mrs Udaya joined 12 other service providers in Enugu State in an advanced life-saving skills training sponsored by the UK aid-funded PATHS2 programme. "The training exposed me to new approaches for client care, including techniques for facilitating the delivery process," said Mrs Udaya. Read more |
Supplementary Midwives Service Scheme Boosts Health Care - Kaduna, Nigeria
As part of efforts to address the acute shortage of human resources for health in Kaduna State, PATHS2 started an innovative Supplementary Midwife Scheme to improve skilled delivery services for pregnant women. Read more |
NYSC & PATHS2 Partner to Reduce Death among Mothers & Children - Enugu & Kano, Nigeria
Under an agreement with PATHS2, the NYSC is deploying doctors to PATHS2-supported rural health facilities-thereby saving the lives of mothers and children by providing basic emergency obstetric care. Read more |
Christian and Islamic Organisations Adopt PATHS2's Outreach Style - Lagos, Nigeria. Several Christian and Muslim faith-based groups have joined organisations replicating PATHS2 model outreaches in Lagos. The outreaches, conducted in May, were specifically targeted at high-volume gatherings. These two locations were known to have the largest congregations in the area. Read more |
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The Partnership for Transforming Health Systems II (PATHS2) is a six-year development initiative funded by UKaid from Department for International Development that aims to ensure Nigeria achieves important health-related Millennium Development Goals and improve the planning, financing and delivery of sustainable health services for those most in need. |
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