This course is designed to equip grandparents with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to promote, support and advocate for quality maternal and neonatal care at the community level, to assist in the reduction of maternal and newborn mortality.
Programme objectives
- To use community members with culturally defined roles such as teachers and guides as resource persons for the provision of current practices in maternal and newborn care.
- To take a leading role in the promotion of beneficial cultural practices and to discourage harmful practices in the community.
- To participate actively in disseminating maternal and newborn care messages through other community health programs.
- To collaborate effectively with other members of the PHC in the reporting and documenting of maternal and newborn care issues within the particular catchment area.
Introduction
This training manual consists of 4 modules focusing on: 1) an overview of maternal and newborn health; 2) maternal care; 3) essential newborn care, low birth weight babies and Kangaroo Mother Care; and 4) cultural practices pertaining to maternal and newborn care.
Learn more
>Download the full report, The Ekwendeni Agogo Approach: Grandparents as agents of change for newborn survival"
>View the Rapid Qualitative Assessment, “Custodians of Tradition” Promote Positive Changes for the Health of Newborns
>Check out the Living Proof video: In Malawi, Grandparents Shaping Safe Childbirth