A New Way Forward: Regional Collaborations in Child and Maternal Health

Regional Collaborations as a Way Forward for

Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: The South Asian

Healthcare Professional Workshop

Jennifer H. Requejo1,2, Kadidiatou Toure2, Zulfiqar Bhutta3, Imtiaz Katz4,
Shahida Zaidi5, and Andres de Francisco2

Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205,

USA,2Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, 3Aga Khan University,

Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan, 4Midwifery Association of Pakistan, 36-C, Street 14, DHA Phase V, Karachi, Pakistan, and

International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Suite 3–Waterloo Court, 10 Theed Street, London, UK

ABSTRACT

This article reviews the importance of regional initiatives in the context of global efforts to achieve the
Millennium Development Goal 4 and 5 and describes the action-oriented multi-country healthcare pro-
fessional association (HCPA) workshops organized by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child
Health. The South Asian HCPA workshop served as a catalyst for strengthening the ability of HCPAs in
South Asian countries to organize and coordinate their activities effectively, play a larger role in national
planning, and collaborate with other key stakeholders in maternal, newborn and child health.

Key words: Capacity-building; Child health; Child welfare; Healthcare associations; Maternal health;
Maternal welfare; Neonatal health; Regional collaboration; Workshops; Asia, South

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