BD Post Report
Speakers at a programme underscored the need for training for healthcare professionals in order to enhance their capacity on high risk labour and delivery management.
SAJIDA Foundation, in collaboration with Team Broken Earth, a renowned Canadian volunteer task force, has organised the three-day comprehensive training programme, sponsored by Renata Pharmaceuticals Limited that ended recently.
The three-day hands-on training took into consideration the high burdens of maternal and newborn mortality during intra and postpartum periods in Bangladesh and works as a highly relevant initiative in the improvement of care in this field for health practitioners. The course is designed to provide an understanding of the latest best practices and will help health practitioners in providing better care for women during labour, their fetuses and newborns and their families.
In addition to facilitating a world-class international training course for maternal and newborn care providers with the support and expertise of Team Broken Earth, SAJIDA Foundation also plans to formally consolidate its partnership with the dynamic Canadian Team to conduct trainings for healthcare professionals through SAJIDA’s Institute of Health Science. This will provide healthcare providers in Bangladesh the opportunity to strengthen their capacities by training with world-renowned healthcare experts through an internationally certified program.
Team Broken Earth is a non-profit volunteer task force that is comprised of over 500 doctors, nurses and physiotherapists from all across Canada. The team was initially assembled with the leadership of Dr Andrew Fury, MD, MSc FRCSC, MSM, Team Leader, Chief of Orthopedic Surgeon, Memorial University of Newfoundland, following the devastating earthquake in 2010 in Haiti.
Dr Andrew Furey, is an orthopedic surgeon at Eastern Health, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine; Director of Orthopaedic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Co-Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bernard Mev Hospital- Project Medishare.
SAJIDA Foundation is a value-driven non-government organisation that embodies the principle of corporate philanthropy with 51% shareholding at Renata Ltd., a leading pharmaceutical company. The organisation was founded in 1993 as a social enterprise reaching out to marginalized and disadvantaged communities with comprehensive development programmes including microfinance, health, and others.
SAJIDA’s flagship health programme includes two modern hospitals in Keraniganj and Narayanganj serving disadvantaged communities, an Institute of Health Sciences and a psychosocial counseling centre. Efforts to widen health coverage through development of more hospitals are already underway. With over two decades of experience in poverty alleviation and social development, SAJIDA Foundation has emerged as a successful and innovative model for sustainable change, currently reaching six million patrons and working in 4,000 villages and cities across 20 districts.
