 PATH MOZAMBIQUE 2019

DISTRICT SERVICES AND PATH ARE PROMOTING LISTENING GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITIES IN MONAPO DISTRICT, NAMPULA PROVINCE.

PATH SUPPORTED MINISTRY OF GENDER, CHILDREN AND SOCIAL ACTION TO DEVELOP AND PILOT THE MANUAL FOR COMMUNITY PRESCHOOLS.

A COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL ANIMATOR TELLS A STORY FROM THE NEW MANUAL.

CAREGIVERS AND CHILDREN ENJOY THE BOOKS WHILE WAITING FOR HEALTH SERVICES.

PATH SUPPORTED THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) REVISE A TRAINING PACKAGE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS PRACTICE USING THE SCALE DURING TRAINING.

A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER DEMONSTRATES TO THE FAMILY A PLAY ACTIVITY TO DO WITH THE CHILD.

VIDEO PROJECTION ON HEALTH, NUTRITION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT HAS CONTINUED IN DISTRICT HEALTH CENTERS OF MAPUTO PROVINCE DURING 2019.

PATH’s integrated Early Child Development program in Maputo Province is jointly funded by PEPFAR through the US Agency for International Development, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and is implemented in partnership with district and provincial health and social action services.&nbsp; PATH’s Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development pilot in Nampula Province is jointly funded by UNICEF and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and is implemented in partnership with district and provincial health and social action services.&nbsp;

INDICATORS ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO HEALTHY CHILD AND SICK CHILD CONSULTATION REGISTERS. PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO EVALUATE CHILD MILESTONES USING A SIMPLE KIT OF MATERIALS.

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER REFRESHER, MAPUTO PROVINCE.

INTRODUCTION OF PLAYBOX ACTIVITIES IN MATOLA 2 HEALTH CENTER, MAPUTO PROVINCE.

PATH TRAINED COVida STAFF TO USE CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THE FAMILIES, HEALTH CENTERS, AND YOUTH CLUBS.

MALARIA TESTING WAS INTRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY AS A PART OF NEW NETS PROJECT IN TETE, ZAMBEZIA, SOFALA, MANICA, AND NIASSA.

PLAYBOXES AND VIDEOS IN HEALTH CENTER WAITING ROOMS

IN NAMPULA, PATH PARTNERED WITH LOCAL BRANCH OF ADEMO (ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OF MOZAMBIQUE) TO LEARN HOW TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO CHILDREN WITH CONFIRMED DELAYS AND DISABILITIES.

SOME RADIO PROGRAMS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY TARGET MEN.

INTERACTIVE LEARNING METHODS ARE USED IN COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PRE-SERVICE TRAINING.

DISTRICT NUTRITION TEAMS ARE INTEGRATING STIMULATION IN COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR MALNOURISHED CHILDREN.

A NURSE TEACHES A MOTHER ABOUT THE USE OF GENTLE TOUCH AS A WAY TO STIMULATE HER NEWBORN.

THE COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL MANUAL WAS USED AS PART OF THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE IDAI IN SOFALA PROVINCE (BY ESSOR).

"PROJECTING HEALTH" VIDEOS ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT ARE NOW ALSO SHOWN AT THE HEALTH CENTERS AND IN SEVERAL COMMUNITY VIDEO CLUBS IN MONAPO DISTRICT, NAMPULA PROVINCE.

PATH SUPPORTED THE MOH TO DEVELOP TRAINING CONTENT ON STIMULATION AS PART OF NUTRITIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM MANUAL.

THE MAPUTO PROVINCE GOVERNOR LEARNED ABOUT CHILD DEVELOPMENT DURING PUBLIC SERVICE FAIR.

HEALTH PROVIDERS IN MAPUTO AND NAMPULA HAVE HAD THEIR SKILLS REINFORCED IN PROMOTING OPTIMAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND NUTRITION.

EVALUATION OF A CHILD'S NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING ARE REINFORCED IN ALL COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS SUPPORTED BY PATH.

PATH HAS CONTINUED SUPPORTING THE HEALTH SYSTEM TO TRAIN AND MENTOR COMMUNITY ACTORS REACHING THE MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES.

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSES EVALUATE THE MOTHERS FOR SIGNS OF POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION AND COUNSEL USING ADAPTED WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION "THINKING HEALTHY" CARDS.

THE PEDIATRIC WARD IN THE MAIN HEALTH CENTER OF MOAMBA DISTRICT, MAPUTO PROVINCE, WAS REHABILITATED TO BECOME MORE CHILD-FRIENDLY.

CONTRIBUTING TO NATIONAL PACKAGES AND TOOLS

PATH SUPPORTED THE MOH MENTAL HEALTH AND MATERNAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP AND PILOT A PROTOCOL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION IN POSTNATAL CONSULTATIONS.

A THREE-YEAR-OLD SHOWS HIS STACKING SKILLS - AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE TO BE ACHIEVED AT HIS AGE.

A MOTHER CHECKS HER CHILD'S MILESTONES ON A POSTER AT THE HEALTH CENTER.

MANY MORE NEW LESSONS TO BE LEARNED IN 202O... KEEP IN TOUCH, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Source: Nurturing Care Framework, 2018.

IN 2019, PATH FINALIZED, PRETESTED, AND SUBMITTED TO THE MOH FIVE JOB AIDS TO BE USED BY CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY PROVIDERS TO MONITOR AND COUNSEL ON EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND NUTRITION.

PATH MOZAMBIQUE 2019 PROMOTING NURTURING CARE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

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