DILI, 8 february 2021 (TATOLI)– The Government of Japan provides US636,804 a grant assistance for the Japanese NGO projects Frontline for improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in Ermeral Municipality.
The agreement is signed by the Ambassador of Japan to Timor-Leste, KINEFUCHI Masami and Ms NAKAJIMA Kayono Frontline group witnessed by the Vice-Minister of Health Bonifacio dos Reis Maucoli.
Japan’s Ambassador to Timor-Leste, KINEFUCHI Masami said the support will become an important step for the people of Ermera for their good health and well-being.
“COVID-19 pandemic has clearly shown us that we urgently need to upgrade health and medical sector in this country, and we will continue to expand our cooperation to support efforts of Timor-Leste for this cause. I am sure that this new project will become an important step for the people of Ermera for their good health and well-being,” Ambassador KINEFUCHI Masami said.
Besides the NGO Frontline committed to work for the improvement of the maternal and child health care by raising community awareness on RMNCH through empowering mothers with special class for mothers and campaign on women’s health and gender equality, conduction capacity building on health workers using portable ultrasound, building a maternity ward, to develop health system and effective supervision to health workers.
Country Representative of Frontline NGO, NAKAJIMA Kayono said the project will help ensure mothers and children living in remote areas.
“Frontline believes that this project will contribute to achieving long term sustainable results for eliminating preventable maternal deaths and stillbirth through improving the continuum of care from pregnancy care to postnatal care,” she said.
In spite Japanese Government has implemented more than 50 projects in the field of health sector improvement and has dispatched 43 Japanese volunteers to work with the local communities all over Timor-Leste.
For this time the project will begin in February 2021 until january 2024 and directly benefit 30,000 mothers and health care workers in Ermera.
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