Trapsh: we have reduced neonatal mortality

The Ministry of Health of Abkhazia together with international organizations World Vision, UNICEF and doctors of the republic held a roundtable discussion on maternal and child health.

Sukhum. February 16. Apsnypress. Irena Dzhopua. Opening the meeting, Deputy Minister of Health Batal Katsiya noted that it is devoted to the discussion of interim results within the overall program dedicated to the care of mothers and children, which carries out the Ministry of Health in collaboration with international organizations, World Vision and UNICEF.

"The issues of motherhood and childhood has always been and will be relevant throughout the world, because this is where we should start, and demographics, and the nation's health, and care of the population", - said Katsiya. According to him, some of the issues that have been resolved in the framework of this program, successfully implemented, and the results suggest that there is already something to be proud, but there is something to strive for.

On the dynamics of the development of the maternity ward of CRH in the last few years within the framework of the program told the chief doctor Rita Trapsh.

"In 2012-13, we had not very good indicators for childbirth, so we enlisted the help of the Ministry of Health and international organizations. There were organized seminars which were carried out by the World Health Organization experts with obstetricians and neonatologists, they introduced us to the WHO protocols in obstetrics neonatology ", - Trapsh said. According to her, it was decided to resort to modern perinatal technologies in countries of the WHO -  when the mother is with her baby from birth until discharge. "When our protocols started working, when fully in operation including modern perinatal technologies, then and throughout the year we have reduced neonatal mortality, perinatal mortality, incidence of bleeding decreased during childbirth and after, virtually disappeared nosocomial infections", - said the chief doctor.

According to statistics, the number of births each year virtually unchanged at around 2050 per year. At the same time decreased the number of stillbirths, if in 2012 there were 13 and in 2012 - 10, then in 2014 this figure dropped to 7. Implementation of the program has reduced the number of deaths of newborns in the hospital from 14 to 10 in 2012 and respectively 2013 to 2 in 2014 and 4 in 2015 throughout the country. Trapsh noted that maternal mortality has not been recorded the last 8 years.

 In turn, the expert of the WHO and World Vision adviser Mavjuda Babamuradova shared data study conducted in Abkhazia in 2015 by international organization. "The new program World Vision is directed to maternal and child health at the population level. The purpose of assessment - Definition of antenatal and postnatal care and care for children up to 5 years in primary care and the level of use of services, as well as determining the capacity of health workers, the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of young mothers ", - said the expert.