CSEW: October 1993

Magee Womancare International

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In March 1992 Magee-Womens Hospital, the University of Pittsburgh's obstetrics and gynecology teaching hospital, and Savior's Hospital for Peace and Charity in Moscow initiated a project to improve prenatal, obstetric, and infant care and education. The project includes: opening a Womancare Education Center in July 1993 that provides educational resources for women and health educators; establishing a Birth House, scheduled to open in March 1994 and jointly administered and staffed by Magee and Savior's hospitals, that will serve as a prenatal care birthing center and teaching clinic for nurses and physicians; and developing a statistical database to track pregnancy outcomes. A key component of the project will be a community education program that seeks to reach Russian women in rural areas. The project is supported by private contributions and a $450,000 grant from USAID and is one of the partnerships sponsored by the American International Health Alliance.

Resources:

Magee Womancare International has already developed Russian-language publications and videos, including:

From the Very Beginning: a pamphlet describing conception and the physiology of pregnancy;
Do You Know Your Own Body: a pamphlet describing the female reproductive organs and the menstrual cycle;
The Twelve Months of Pregnancy: A Calendar and Health Guide for Before, During, and After the Birth of Your Baby.
You and Your Baby - First Weeks at Home: a 45 minute video on mother and baby care during the first weeks after birth;
Family Center Model of Care: a detailed outline of the model of Care to be instituted at Savior's Birth House. A 20-minute video for medical professionals on the family centered approach to infant care is also available in Russian.

U.S. Contact:
Tanya Kotys, Program Coordinator
Magee Womancare International
Box 144, 300 Halket
Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3180
Tel: (412) 641-1189
Fax: (412) 641-4949
E-mail: [email protected]

Moscow Contact:
Rachel Mays, Field Representative
Magee Womancare International
17 Federathunii Prospekt
Moscow 111396, Russia
Tel: 301-15-02

This article is from the October 1993 issue of
Civil Society ... East and West

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