Evaluation of the growth monitoring and promotion component of the integrated care for children and women at the community level (AIEPI AINM-C)

Abstract:

In Guatemala, like in other countries in the Central American region there is an interest to offer better access to quality health care services to the population. This has motivated the implementation of specific models, especially in areas were health and nutrition problems and unfavorable socioeconomic conditions are concentrated. In 1997 the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Guatemala started implementing the Extension of Coverage Program through which local non-government organizations (NGOs) are hired by the Ministry to provide a basic health care package consisting of maternal and child care, attention in case of emergencies and sanitation. The Extension of Coverage Program currently provides services to approximately four million inhabitants of rural communities through 96 NGOs. In 2002, the Guatemalan Ministry of Health adopted Integrated Care for Children and Women at the Community Level (AINM-C …

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2008

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