Improving Mother and Child Health in Central Asia
Origin language: English
Country
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Coverage
Regional
Nb of implementation sites
3
Lead organization
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (Central Asia)
Maternity Foundation
Implementation partners
Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic
Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Health Focus Area
Maternal and child health
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Emergencies
Primary Health Care
Health promotion
Services
Learning and training
Enabling technologies
Software
Phone
Standards
SNOMED
UCUM
Management of mobile communication alerts
JSON
Other
Tools
Funding sources
Government funds
Business model
No business model
Funders
Summary
The regional project "Improving Mother and Child Health in Central Asia", implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Government aims to enhance the quality of women-centered primary healthcare services for pregnant women, mothers, and newborns in rural Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It focuses on empowering female healthcare leaders, improving clinical quality, and enhancing the skills of frontline healthcare workers in remote areas.
A significant innovation of this project is the adaptation of the Safe Delivery App (SDA) to national standards and languages of the three countries. SDA is a digital tool developed by the Maternity Foundation (Denmark), which aligns with WHO recommendations. This app offers vital information on antenatal care, childbirth, obstetric emergencies, postpartum care, and neonatal care through accessible animated videos and resources, tailored to local standards and available offline.
The project has trained 240 female healthcare workers to serve as trainers, integrated SDA into medical education, and established Communities of Practice to promote cross-country learning and capacity building. These efforts aim to improve clinical decision-making and accelerate the delivery of quality health services, thereby reducing maternal and newborn mortality in the region. Key focus areas include Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, Health Promotion, Primary Health Care, and Emergencies, targeting healthcare professionals and structures.
Keywords
Maternal health
Primary care health workers
Digital health solutions
Continuing education
Health systems strengthening
Publications
A digital companion for Kyrgyz midwives The Safe Delivery App is launched in KyrgyzstanInsights - Lessons learnt
Challenges
N/A
Recommendations
The development and implementation of standards, curricula, guidelines, etc., contributes significantly to the institutionalization and thus long-term anchoring of changes. The SDA can be used quickly and easily as you want educational programs before and after medical training. As national protocols are updated in the future, the SDA will also need to be updated. The global version of the SDA is updated annually based on new WHO recommendations. This should be considered in the future. Each country is recommended to develop a plan for the implementation of PM with regular monitoring and support
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iDHA (Project ID)
xbnu0e
Project links
https://www.giz.de/en/projects/improvement-mother-child-health-central-asiaOrigin of information
Project stakeholder
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N/AAdded to the platform on
2025-11-25
Project editors
Last update by
Albina Salbaeva on 2025-12-12
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