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Vietnam
Johnson & Johnson has partnered with UNICEF to improve access to quality health services and build capacity of provincial heath staff in four disadvantaged provinces in Vietnam: Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Kon Tum and Gia Lai. Key activities include building the capacity of healthcare workers at national and subnational levels on skilled birth assistance; implementation and scaling up of early essential newborn care interventions that are simple and cost effective such as delay cord clamping, immediate skin-to-skin contact with mother, breastfeeding within 90 minutes of birth, and kangaroo-mother care; and newborn care and early education. In addition, the program will support the training and placement of ethnic minority midwives to support home delivery among ethnic minority women in mountainous areas. The program is on track to train 2,100 health workers by 2020, and reduce maternal mortality by 75% and newborn mortality by 80%. Midwives from left to right: Lo Thi Bun (orange shirt), Pham Thi Ly (in pink), Thao Thi De (in hat), Phang Thi My (purple Hat), Thi Thi En (red jacket).
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Building Capacity of Ethnic Minority Village Midwives

SOWMY Country Profile

We are working with UNICEF in Vietnam on capacity building of ethnic minority village midwives (EMMs) and support policy and advocacy efforts to best support EMMs and other maternal health workers. This includes retraining EMMs to refresh their knowledge, equip them with updated information and skills, as well as coaching and supervision to enable them to provide mothers and newborns with the best care in their own communities. This project will also reach other maternal health stakeholders through its policy and advocacy work, including Ministries, departments, other related Government agencies, provincial representatives, development partners, NGOs, INGOs and the private sector in support of EMMs.

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