Good news! Synergies will continue in the department of Cauca during 2016.

• In a department that has been strongly affected by Colombia's armed conflict, the organization will carry out actions to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality, where 15 newborns die per 1,000 live births.

  
  

• The strategy will continue to improve local health capacities and the quality of maternal and infant care services in 16 municipalities in Cauca. With this project we are benefiting 450 thousand women with fertility potential and 16 thousand newborns in this territory.

Reducing maternal and perinatal mortality and improving the health and good practices of pregnant women and newborn care has been a global priority since the creation of the Millennium Development Goals. Colombia has great inequalities in these areas and in their promotion, factors that make the achievement of the MDGs a difficult task.

At Sinergias we believe that health is a path to development, that is why we have created a program to improve the quality of this service with a systemic approach based on local needs, involving all stakeholders of the care system at the municipal and departmental levels. Some of our strategies are:

• Promote women's participation to improve the quality of care and health services.

• Accompany in the field with permanent technical assistance.

• Develop information technologies for health care professionals, mothers and caregivers.

• Periodically monitor project evaluation processes.

Our goal is that by the end of the project, 75% of prenatal medical care records meet quality criteria: protein monitoring, blood pressure control and a complete bio-psychosocial risk scale are some of the services to be strengthened (these are provided by the health system by legal obligation).

Sinergias continues to articulate multisectoral efforts and knowledge to promote change with respect for local culture.

Tell us what you think: comunicaciones@sinergiasong.org