Project News

On 10 March, 2011, a launching ceremony for” Project for Implementing the Maternal and Child Health Handbook for Scaling Up Nationwide (MCH Handbook Project)" was held in Hanoi.

There were about 65 participants including:

• Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Tien; Vice Minister of Health
• Dr. Nguyen Duy Khe; Director of Maternal and Child Health Department, MOH
• Mr. Motonori Tsuno; Chief Representative, JICA
• Dr. Tran Thi Thanh Thanh; former Minister, Chairman of Vietnam Child protection and Care Committee
• Representatives from four pilot provinces (Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and An Giang)
• Representatives from the international organizations; WHO, UNICEF
• Representatives from three provinces (Ha Giang, Ben Tre and Bac Kan); where the MCH handbook has been implemented by the NGOs
• Representatives from two provinces (Cao Bang and Dak Lak); where the MCH handbook will be implemented with WHO’s support

Presentation about the training in Japan by Dr.Tho

Presentation by Ms Bando

At the ceremoney, the following presentations were presented:

• Dr.Yasuhide Nakamura (Expert on International Maternal and Child Health);
  Introduction on implementing MCH handbook in the world
• Mrs.Akemi Bando (Chief advisor);
  Experiences in implementing MCH handbook in Vietnam
• Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong (Ha Giang);
  Training experiences in Implementing MCH handbook in Ha Giang
• Dr. Trinh Huu Tho (An Giang);
  Introduction about JICA training course “Promotion of the Collaboration between Child Welfare and MCH”
• Dr. Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa (Project advisor);
  Introducing the JICA MCH Handbook project

In addition, journalists from many newspapers and TVs came to collect the project information. Information about this project was made widely known to the public.