A two day long workshop was held with the participation of the general managers of the regional health offices in five Yemeni governorates (Lahg, Al-Dale'a, Taiz, Ibb, and Amran) under the leadership of the Ministry of Population and Public Health (MPPH). Representatives from the UNFPA, the WHO, the UNICEF, and the Department of International Development at the British embassy attended the workshop which was held in Sana’a from May 27-28.

During the workshop, participants presented ideas on how to most effectively develop plans to care for mothers and newborn children in order to reduce to ratio of mortalities to total live births.

Dr. Arwa Al-Rabei thanked donors and other supporters of this key project which has been considered as a good start in terms of the interaction needed between all collaborators under the guidance of the MPPH with input from the regional health general managers in the five participating governorates.

Al-Rabie asserted that the inspiration for this project was clear from the need for people who live in far areas and deprive from the medical services mothers and neonatal children. There is still a large gap between rural and urban areas in this regard, she added. Al-Rabei insisted that, regardless of what has been achieved so far, there is still much work to be done.