- Objective 1: Enhance access to quality antenatal care services
- Establish community health centers equipped with skilled healthcare providers and necessary resources to offer comprehensive antenatal care services.
- Train local community health workers to provide basic antenatal care services and refer high-risk cases to the health centers.
- Conduct outreach programs to raise awareness about the importance of antenatal care and promote early initiation of care among pregnant women.
- Objective 2: Strengthen community-based postnatal care support
- Establish postnatal support groups in communities to provide emotional and practical support to new mothers.
- Train community health workers and volunteers in postnatal care practices, including breastfeeding support, newborn care, and identification of postpartum complications.
- Facilitate the integration of traditional birth attendants or traditional healers into the healthcare system, providing them with appropriate training and recognition to support postnatal care efforts.
- Objective 3: Improve community-level emergency obstetric care
- Enhance the capacity of community health centers to provide emergency obstetric care services, including basic emergency obstetric care and referral systems for complicated cases.
- Train community health workers in emergency obstetric care, including the management of obstetric emergencies and the identification of danger signs during pregnancy and childbirth.
- Strengthen transportation systems and establish communication networks to ensure timely access to emergency obstetric care services.
- Objective 4: Promote community engagement and participation in maternal health
- Establish community health committees or maternal health task forces to facilitate community involvement and decision-making in maternal health programs.
- Conduct health education sessions and workshops to empower community members with knowledge about maternal health, reproductive rights, and gender equality.
- Encourage community members to participate in advocacy efforts to improve maternal health services, including mobilizing resources and influencing policy changes at the local and national levels.
- Objective 5: Monitor and evaluate the impact of community-based interventions
- Develop a robust monitoring and evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness and impact of community-based maternal health interventions.
- Collect data on key indicators such as antenatal care coverage, postnatal care utilization, maternal mortality rates, and community engagement levels.
- Regularly analyze and report the data to identify gaps, challenges, and success stories, and use the findings to guide program improvements and inform decision-making processes.
