From 14 to 19 April, Professor Olena Starets, a UNICEF international expert visited Turkmenistan to strengthen health service capacities and implementation of international child health protocols and standards, as well as to expand community outreach.
The program included training of trainers to create a network of skilled national specialists. It improved the knowledge of health professionals in giving quality supervision and feedback to medical staff, focusing on clinical guidelines for assessing, classifying, and treating childhood illnesses, as well as infant care, nutrition, immunization, and development support.
In addition, Professor Starets led three public outreach events for influencers and families at UN House, Telwas Coworking Center and Lavka-Readit titled “Keeping Our Children Healthy”. Sessions brought together around 100 participants face-to-face and further reached hundreds of people through social media platforms with topics such as recognizing danger signs, timely care-seeking, and effective home-based care for children.
Building on the success of these sessions, UNICEF is pleased to announce two upcoming events on 30 April at Telwas Coworking Center and 1 May at Readit-Lavka which will be facilitated by the UNICEF early childhood development trainer. These sessions will offer participants the opportunity to ask questions about child health, nutrition and development in Turkmen language.
