REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN MARZES OF KOTAYK AND HEGHARKUNIK THIS YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The medical employees of the primary
health care circle of the Armenian marzes of Kotayk and Gegharkunik
don’t implement many of main instructions necessary for pre-natal,
post-natal, child’s care, consulting on family planning and treatment
of sexually transmitted diseases.

Zaruhi Mkrtchian, the Monitoring and Estimation Specialist informed
about this at the March 14 discussion, refering to results of studies
held in the above-mentioned marzes. The study was held within the
framework of the Renovate and Assist Reproduction Health program
financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Z.Mkrtchian mentioned that only the 35% of visitors knows which medical
services of the reproductive health are included in the package of the
free medical services adopted by the Government. According to her, the
majority of visitors informed that they paid about 50 thousand drams
(about 110 U.S. dollars) for medical services of maternal health and
neonatal care.

It was mentioned that the goal of the Reproductive Health program
with the duration of 5 years is to improve the accessibility of the
medical services of the maternal and infant’s care in the rural places
of Armenia. The program is implemented by the Emerging Markets Group,
Intrahealth International and Save the Children organizations. The
main circle of activity of the program includes re-training of medical
employees of the rural reproductive health and primary health care
level and allocation of necessary equipment.

The program has been implemented since 2004 in Lori, Shirak and
Tavush marzes.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress