Parent and Child Health Initiative Trust
As one way of improving maternal health care in Dowa, communities surrounding Thonje Health Center have expressed their concerns to the duty bearers on issues affecting the community.
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Bwalo Interlocutors which include the youth conducted an engagement meeting with the District Youth Technical Working Group (DYTWG) in Zomba. The DYTWG which is composed of the District Youth Officer (DYO), District Social Welfare Officer (DSO), District Community Development Officer (DCDO), District Education Manager (DEM), District Agriculture Development Officer (DADO), Director of Planning and DevelopmentRead more about Zomba youth engage with the district youth technical working group on increased teen pregnancies[…]
On 14 of March, 2017 Dowa district hosted the Bwalo forum where duty bearers (HEC) interacted with the community members (activists, influential people, youth representatives, CSO network representatives) to act upon evidence in the district relating to reproductive, maternal, Neonatal, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH). Read more about Communities in Dowa voice out to the Health and Environment Committee (HEC) …
To reduce teenage pregnancies, community leaders in Dowa district have embarked on robust social accountability to improve Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health in the district.
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Written by Laura Munthali
Social Accountability project has taken a serious kick off in Zomba where Chief Chikowi and Mwambo have expressed serious concern over high maternal death rates in the district, and a high contribution of deaths by the youth. Read more about Zomba to end maternal deaths contributed by youths …