| Abstract: | The Maternal-Child Health Division of the Qinghai Provincial Health Department, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities are collaborating on a model maternal-child health care project set up in the province's pastoral area. The project encompasses perinatal services in Minhe and Huangyuan counties, development of maternal-child health services at the grassroots level in Hainan Prefecture, and educational classes on child care for national minorities. The population has doubled in this vast but sparsely populated part of China since the founding of the People's Republic, and this rapid population growth has had negative repercussions for animal husbandry. To address this problem, 26 maternal-child health centers have been established in provincial pastoral areas of Qinghai and there are 20 full-time workers. Modern midwifery services are available to 67% of the population; as a result, mortality has dropped to 50/1000. |
