Call to increase mother & child health funding in face of ongoing deaths
Through World Vision’s “Child Health Now” five-year health campaign, World Vision Armenia is helping communities to raise their voices about their right to quality health care and is urging the national government to meet its responsibilities to children, mothers, families and communities.
The work with community members, which should be a priority for our medical workers is practically absent in many placesWorld Vision has also been collaborating with Armenian parliamentarians in an effort to increase the allocation of the country’s Gross Domestic Product towards the health sector, which is one of the main goals of the campaign. As a further step in these activities, World Vision Armenia recently organised a reception to bring together Armenia’s National Assembly members, State officials and directors of the large international organisations.
Armenia has agreed to decrease child mortality by two thirds and maternal mortality by three quarters. This goal however is unrealistic given the current financing of the health sector.
During the reception, World Vision representatives expressed their deep concerns about the insufficient amount of funding and resources allocated to child and maternal health in Armenia and urged the State officials and law-makers to substantially increase maternal and child financing.
Shushan Asatryan, a member of a Mothers Support Group created by World Vision Armenia in Talin region addressed the participants, “The work with community members, which should be a priority for our medical workers is practically absent in many places. You should be well aware why our medical workers don’t put enough efforts to inform people about health issues and promote healthy lifestyle”.
“After recent financial reforms in the birth-assistance system, this country has acquired enough results and experience to give us–the representatives of civil society–confidence to ask and urge you to implement changes for the interests of Armenian mothers and children”, said Graham Strong, National Director of World Vision Armenia.
In Armenia, 450 children die annually without celebrating their first birthday, and two thirds of these cases are preventable
“Every minute 24,000 children die in the world. In Armenia, 450 children die annually without celebrating their first birthday, and two thirds of these cases are preventable”, said Ara Babloyan, a member of parliament and chair of the standing committee on health care, maternity and childhood.
“We have a task to improve our projects aimed at maternal and child health”, he added.
Robert Zachritz, Advocacy Director for World Vision in the United States said, “Today we can confidently announce that responding to the appeal to make greater and purposeful investments in maternal and child health, World Vision will allocate around 1.5 billion dollars globally for that purpose during the coming five years”.
“I am glad that the Armenian parliamentarians are taking steps toward this issue. We know about the approaches that work best here, and these approaches include services from family planning through to childbirth”, concluded Graham Strong.
The work with community members, which should be a priority for our medical workers is practically absent in many placesWorld Vision has also been collaborating with Armenian parliamentarians in an effort to increase the allocation of the country’s Gross Domestic Product towards the health sector, which is one of the main goals of the campaign. As a further step in these activities, World Vision Armenia recently organised a reception to bring together Armenia’s National Assembly members, State officials and directors of the large international organisations.
Armenia has agreed to decrease child mortality by two thirds and maternal mortality by three quarters. This goal however is unrealistic given the current financing of the health sector.
During the reception, World Vision representatives expressed their deep concerns about the insufficient amount of funding and resources allocated to child and maternal health in Armenia and urged the State officials and law-makers to substantially increase maternal and child financing.
Shushan Asatryan, a member of a Mothers Support Group created by World Vision Armenia in Talin region addressed the participants, “The work with community members, which should be a priority for our medical workers is practically absent in many places. You should be well aware why our medical workers don’t put enough efforts to inform people about health issues and promote healthy lifestyle”.
“After recent financial reforms in the birth-assistance system, this country has acquired enough results and experience to give us–the representatives of civil society–confidence to ask and urge you to implement changes for the interests of Armenian mothers and children”, said Graham Strong, National Director of World Vision Armenia.
In Armenia, 450 children die annually without celebrating their first birthday, and two thirds of these cases are preventable
“Every minute 24,000 children die in the world. In Armenia, 450 children die annually without celebrating their first birthday, and two thirds of these cases are preventable”, said Ara Babloyan, a member of parliament and chair of the standing committee on health care, maternity and childhood.
“We have a task to improve our projects aimed at maternal and child health”, he added.
Robert Zachritz, Advocacy Director for World Vision in the United States said, “Today we can confidently announce that responding to the appeal to make greater and purposeful investments in maternal and child health, World Vision will allocate around 1.5 billion dollars globally for that purpose during the coming five years”.
“I am glad that the Armenian parliamentarians are taking steps toward this issue. We know about the approaches that work best here, and these approaches include services from family planning through to childbirth”, concluded Graham Strong.
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