One of the main objectives of the project, developed together with the Venezuelan Ministry of Health, is to contribute to the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality, and adolescent pregnancy, in addition to “improving the capacities of human talent in primary care for pregnant women and low-risk neonates,” according to a press release from the organization.
To date, the project has reached 116 health facilities in Caracas and the 23 states of the country through the supply of supplies and training programs for health personnel, PAHO said.
Together with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA, for its acronym in English), a “diploma on health of adolescents in the course of life” and another on the “comprehensive health of women, girls and adolescents in the course of life, both in force and advancing in their second cohort that is taught in collaboration with the University of Health Sciences”, in Caracas.
The progress of the project was evaluated during a meeting in Caracas between the PAHO representative in Venezuela, Cristián Morales, the Swiss ambassador to the South American nation, Jürg Sprecher, and the director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Cosude). , Rudolf Krebs, in addition to several technical advisers of the organization.