Transforming Maternal & Child Health in Myanmar

Thanks to your generous support we are just a month away from running our first ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop for Traditional Birth Attendants.

The workshop is part of a new pilot project, expanding our maternal and child health programme by equipping our most experienced indigenous health workers with the skills to proactively pass on their midwifery knowledge to new TBAs. The new indigenous trainers will also be taught how to support and monitor the work of our growing team of TBAs, allowing us to record our impact in a more effective way.

Over time this project will reduce the dependency on international trainers to run workshops and improve sustainability and community ownership. It will also provide evidence of the impact of the TBAs which can be used to improve the initiative going forward.

At the first workshop in March 2018, we will be training seven of our most experienced TBAs. The workshop will be run by three UK midwives, two of whom have made six prior trips to the region, in addition to running a successful training project in Mongolia.

Following the workshop in March the newly trained TBA Trainers will each teach a bespoke curriculum to seven new TBAs from local villages. 

In November, the UK midwives will return to Chin State, meeting with the original seven trainers to receive feedback on their experiences and to evaluate the progress of the pilot. The UK midwives also aim to:

• run hands-on training for the new TBAs
• assess the extent of their knowledge through practical and theoretical assessments
• provide additional advanced practical training 

We are so grateful to you for partnering with us to bring health and hope to mothers and babies in western Myanmar. 

Do look out for photographs and stories of the training shortly after Easter!