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Tanzania
Improving Maternal and Newborn Care
Transporting a pregnant woman
With funding from USAID, ACCESS is leading efforts to develop and expand focused antenatal care (FANC) as a
platform for maternal and child health interventions in Tanzania. Using clinical training, community interventions, and advocacy,
ACCESS is working to build the capacity of health providers and facilities, expand community knowledge and use of health services,
and increase support at all levels for improving the quality and availability of care for mothers and newborns.
ACCESS is working with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to nationally scale up focused antenatal care as part of routine maternal and child health services. As part of this effort, ACCESS is conducting multiple activities aimed at strengthening preservice education of health care professionals, as well as inservice training and quality improvement interventions. This includes the development of a nutrition learning module for both preservice and inservice education.
ACCESS is also working with the White Ribbon Alliance to advocate for change at a policy level, and will support
the Alliance in efforts to bring national awareness to issues such as malaria in pregnancy.
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