Project News

The project has been working on the development of the Audio-Visual Learning Material.

We intend to support health workers' self-learning of the essential skills related to the effective utilization of the MCH RB, including the skills of the newly introduced service, such as length measurement and nutrition counseling, with the introduction of the MCH RB. After the development of the movie scripts, we conducted the pre-test of them in March 2020 (See the project news ‘Pre-testing of Storyboards for the Audio-Visual Learning Material) . While we intended to proceed to the production, we needed to suspend it due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and finally, we started shooting the video in June 2021.

The Audio-Visual Learning Material consists of the following eight contents, which are practical parts of the health worker training on MCH RB and Nutrition Counseling Services and Respectful Care (NCSRC).

1. "Dear Mother" : introduction of MCH RB with Respectful manners (for health workers)
2. "Dear Mother" :introduction of MCH RB with Respectful manners (for clients)
3. What is the continuum of care (CoC) and how to use the CoC card?
4. Developmental Milestones
5. Danger signs for a pregnant woman, after delivery, a newborn and a child
6. Weight, Length/Height measurement, plotting and interpretation
7. Calculation of Body Mass Index and Estimated Desired Weight at Estimated Date of Delivery
8. Counseling skills

The video shooting took place at an antenatal care room in Ga East Municipal Hospital, a new hospital in Greater Accra Region. We reorganized the room for the shooting with the support of the hospital staff. The casts of the video were selected from the national facilitators who usually conduct lectures at the training on MCH RB and NCSRC. In the beginning, they seemed to be nervous about the unusual setting with camera and lighting, but they started to be accustomed to the atmosphere and acted very well. We appreciate our counterpart so much talented. The narration part was recorded at the recording studio after the shooting.

Discussion with the shooting team

Shooting of Dear Mother practice

Shooting of height measurement

Recording of the narration

The video production company is currently editing the video, which will be translated into five different local languages. We are aiming to complete all eight stories after confirmation with the GHS's review committee's approval. We are planning to present these audio-visual learning materials at the Dissemination Seminar in October.

We hope that these materials will be widely used and that the MCH RB will be used effectively even after the project is over.