Dr' Fred Akonde

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Dr. Fred Akonde
IAWG Conference 8th-10th October, 2007 Nairobi
Reproductive Health Access, Information and
Services in Emergencies
A joint initiative of Columbia University Mailman
School of Public Health and Marie Stopes
International
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RAISE Training centre

• Objectives
• To improve the provision of reproductive health
  care to populations in emergency humanitarian
  condition.
• To develop a training centre, within the existing
  Marie Stopes Kenya facility of Eastleigh
  Maternity Home Nairobi.
• To train providers in CRH care skills for use in
  emergency humanitarian situations.

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RAISE Training modules

• Family Planning (temporary and permanent)
• Emergency Obstetric Care
• STI/HIV/AIDS
• Medical support to GBV
• Post Abortion Care

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Training centre field support

• Develop and field test training material
• Train staff coming from RAISE sites in a fully
  equipped centre within the maternity nursing home
  of MSK in Eastleigh, Nairobi
• Provide on-going medical technical assistance and
  follow up trainees in the field

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RAISE Training Centre

• Marie Stopes International Obstetrics Unit,
  Eastleigh, Nairobi

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RAISE Training Centre
FP training August 2007
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RAISE Training Centre
Participants from Sudan and Myanmar from 3
agencies
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RAISE Training Centre
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Congo, 2007
Afghanistan 2003
Colombia 2007
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• Thank You!