Advocacy

Overall objective: To sensitize all relevant stakeholders for their effective involvement and participation to reduce maternal, newborn & child mortality and achieve MDG s 4 & 5 by 2015.

Specific Objectives:

• To influence policy makers to adopt proper national strategies/guidelines to address effectively & efficiently maternal & newborn issues.
  
• To motivate & make capable health service providers for qualitative MN health services at facility and community level.
  
• To mobilize community and women groups by different promotional tools and ensure best MN practices.
  
• To attract Government and donors attention and ensure proper funding for maternal & newborn initiative.
  

Major activities:

• Prepare papers and presentation on maternal & newborn scenario in Bangladesh and other developing countries.
  develop different fact findings and lesson learnt on maternal & newborn care
  
• Organize different workshop, seminar & symposium for policy makers and decision makers.
• Colorfully observe different national & international day on mother and child issues in local level as well as national level
  
• Organize public gathering for promoting maternal & newborn care
  
• Sensitizes health service providers through orientations, meetings and collaborations.
  
• Organize community mobilization activities (IPC, group meeting, uttan baythok & women groups etc).
  

We have been instrumental in assisting the Government of Bangladesh to develop the National Neonatal Health Strategy.