USAID supports mentoring for Kazakhstan's maternal and child health reforms

The workshops will bring together maternal and child health specialists from the National Maternal and Child Health Center in Astana and the Maternal and Child Health Center in Almaty to learn about clinical mentoring and supportive supervision. Since 1994, the Government of Kazakhstan and USAID have partnered to implement wide-ranging health care reforms. To increase the effectiveness and sustainability of these reforms, and to improve the quality of health care services, USAID is working with the Ministry of Health to build capacity by training a team of national clinical mentors to provide guidance and positive reinforcement to Kazakhstani health care professionals, the US Diplomatic Mission to Kazakhstan said.

Over the next several years, the USAID Quality Health Care Project will work to further improve the health status of Central Asians by building the capacity of public health systems to better meet the needs of vulnerable groups. In Kazakhstan, the Quality Health Care Project will assist the Ministry of Health to continue to improve the management, financing and implementation of health services, particularly related to TB, HIV/AIDS, and maternal and child health, to incorporate quality improvement techniques and evidence-based standards into health reforms, and to support a robust continuing education program for health care providers.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is proud to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2011. USAID was created in 1961 by American President John F. Kennedy and is funded by the American people. Since 1992, USAID has supported local efforts to improve economic growth, governance, and the quality of health and education in Kazakhstan. For more information about USAID programs, please visit our website at http://centralasia.usaid.gov .