Activities in Senegal

PROJECT TITLE

Project for Reinforcement for Maternal and Newborn Health Care Phase 2 (PRESSMN 2)

TYPE OF COOPERATION

Technical Cooperation

TARGET REGION

All regions of Senegal

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2012-2017

EXECUTING AGENCY

General Department of Health; Department of Health, Reproduction and Child Survival, Ministry of Health and Social Action (MHSA)

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT

Nationwide scaling up of the PRESSMN model

PROJECT SUMMARY

PRESSMN Phase 1 was implemented in the regions of Tambacounda and Kedougou from January 2009 to December 2011 by the MHSA with the support of JICA. The objective was to ensure the well-being of all parturient and newborn to meet the protocols and standards of reproductive health in Senegal. Through three years of experiences, the project achieved the following results:

• The definition of the concept of a Senegalese model of « humanized care » for the mother and newborn during Childbirth;
• The integration of «humanized care» and «continuum of care » in the strategic plan for reproductive health;
• The development of communication tools and a training plan regarding humanized care for service providers.
  These positive results allowed to launch the second phase of the project (PRESSMN 2).
  This model has five components, which are:
• Communication with communities;
• Sharing the concept of the Project;
• Improvement of workplace and environment;
• Practice of care based on scientific evidence;
• Organization of support and development activities.

The first 5 regions namely Tambacounda, Kedougou, Dakar, Kolda and Fatick are targets for the implementation of the model in 2013.
As a reminder, humanized childbirth is a set of conditions that allow women to be comfortable and experience childbirth as a happy event. Free style childbirth is also a part of humanized childbirth.