Understanding the shortage of high quality and timely health services for mothers and newborns as a contributing factor leading to the high mortality rate of children under 5 in the province, the project employs two objectives: (1) Strengthen the treatment incorporating common childhood diseases, pediatric first aid, to recover and critical care for newborns, and (2) Improve the medical staff’s quality of consultancy and advice in regard to family prevention, early detection and care for sick children.

The project provides six training courses under three topics (1) IMCI, (2) PLS and (3) NR & ENC in four months (Sept – Dec 2011) which will be provided to the medical staff of the commune health stations. The combination of three training course provision to a health staff in a short period with follow-up supportive supervision is an innovative idea of this proposal. It is also a different point of this project to focus on the commune health station performance rather than the district or provincial level like other projects. It is believed that it will help to increase the accessibility and availability of quality health service to the ethnic minorities and reduce the overload situation at district and provincial hospitals.

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