EHS-COVID (524) Mitigation of the impact of COVID-19 on essential Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) services

28 March, 2022

From the WHO Health Systems Learning Hub newsletter [ https://healthserviceslearninghubhlh.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/d/FC32BD48A... ]

'The WHO Initiative for the mitigation of the impact of COVID-19 on essential MNCAH services has organized several regional events in March and April to synthesize and disseminate key lessons and findings from the initiative and 15 countries involved. https://www.who.int/teams/maternal-newborn-child-adolescent-health-and-a...

'The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean will facilitate a virtual meeting to share national reflections on mitigating the indirect impact of COVID-19 on the delivery and use of essential MNCAH services. Country-level teams from Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen will present key responses and challenges in maintaining MNCAH services and discuss future actions and priorities for ensuring essential health services during and beyond the pandemic.

'The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia has organized three webinars. The first event focuses on strengthening national Technical Advisory Groups for sustaining and accelerating the RMNCAH agenda and maintaining essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second webinar aims at sharing experience on preparedness and response plans for maintaining RMNCAH services during the pandemic and beyond; while the third one will highlight the use of digital health interventions for maintaining RMNCAH services during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will provide more information on these events in the next newsletter issues so stay tuned!'

Neil Pakenham-Walsh, HIFA Coordinator, neil@hifa.org www.hifa.org