TULA FOUNDATION

Published purpose

The project aims to reduce maternal and child mortality by strengthening essential maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) services in the Guatemala. Project activities include: (1) providing training and technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to develop and deploy distance education programs for health professionals and community healthcare workers, (2) providing training and technical assistance to health professional to use a community eHealth system for improving MNCH services to rural communities; and (3) providing technical assistance to health authorities at the national, district and community levels to use MNCH data from community eHealth system, and (4) proving technical assistance to increase the dissemination and use of vital events data. The project is expected to contribute directly the improved health of approximately two million people in the departments of Alta Verapaz, Huehuetenango, El Quiche and Sololá in Guatemala. Tula Foundation is implementing the project in collaboration with TulaSalud, McMaster University, Tigo Foundation, Alliance for Nutrition Foundation and the Guatemalan Ministry of Health.