Cultivating Healthcare Workers in China
Improving health and nutritional conditions of children under the age of five in impoverished areas where ethnic minorities reside through improvement of the healthcare system.
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Objectives
To improve health and nutritional conditions of children under the age of five in impoverished areas where ethnic minorities reside through improvement of the healthcare system.
Cultivating Healthcare Workers in China is a program Daiichi Sanyo started in 2015 to improve access to medical services in the Yunnan province of China.
Together with Plan International, the following initiatives will be implemented in six townships (approximately 60,000 households) in Guangnan County, Yunnan Province to improve health and nutritional conditions of children under the age of five in impoverished areas where ethnic minorities reside through improvement of the healthcare system. The project aims to:
1. Develop medical professionals in community healthcare through training on integrated management of childhood illnesses, including the management of pneumonia, diarrhea, asthma, and other non-communicable childhood diseases.
2. Offer education to improve the capability of local pediatric care by establishing a community center based on:
• Data published by Health Administration of Guangnan County.
• Data from a baseline by Plan International.
Together with Plan International, the following initiatives will be implemented in six townships (approximately 60,000 households) in Guangnan County, Yunnan Province to improve health and nutritional conditions of children under the age of five in impoverished areas where ethnic minorities reside through improvement of the healthcare system.
The project aims to:
1. Develop medical professionals in community healthcare through training on integrated management of childhood illnesses, including the management of pneumonia, diarrhea, asthma, and other non-communicable childhood diseases.
2. Offer education to improve the capability of local pediatric care by establishing a community center based on:
• Data published by Health Administration of Guangnan County.
• Data from a baseline by Plan International.
Results and milestones
By the end of 2017, 257 pediatricians, maternal and child health doctors and village health workers were trained, and more than 9,923 local residents have taken part in education programs.
Developing transition plans: Daiichi Sankyo is considering how community health workers can be sustained once the program ends and are developing transition plans to support this. By increasing community health workers responsibilities, they are encouraging them to become embedded in communities and self-sustaining.
Geographic Reach
- Western Pacific
Disease Area
- Women’s and Child Health
- Non-communicable diseases
Target Population
- Children
- Women
Partner organizations
Additional resources
Geographic Reach
Western Pacific
- China
Disease Area
Women’s and Child Health
- Children's Health
- Malnutrition
- Women's Health
Non-communicable diseases
- Diabetes
- Other Diabetes
- General Noncommunicable Disease Care (Health System)
- Respiratory Diseases
- Asthma