Programme objective
Enable communities to address locally prioritised MNCH challenges through participatory assessment, community organisation and collective action.
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Maternal, newborn and child health
Community Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Women, caregivers and communities identify barriers affecting maternal, newborn and child health and organise locally led responses.
A framework for action shaped by local priorities
How we work together
BarnMD uses Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR). In practice, residents help identify local priorities, understand the causes, decide what matters most, organise local leadership, take action and review the results.
- 01Getting to know the community
- 02Understanding local needs
- 03Agreeing priorities together
- 04Building local leadership
- 05Planning and taking action
- 06Reviewing progress together
- 07Planning for the future
Examples of activities
- ✓Participatory assessment of maternal and child health priorities
- ✓Mapping barriers to antenatal, postnatal and child health services
- ✓Community support networks designed by women and caregivers
- ✓Community-selected maternal and child health education
- ✓Identification of immunisation access barriers and referral information
- ✓Community advocacy and review of agreed improvements
Participate in community-led change
Contact BarnMD to discuss local health priorities and how a community-led project could be planned. Activities are developed with residents and proceed after appropriate safety and operational reviews.