together we can bring health to all in mongolia

TOGETHER WE CAN BRING
HEALTH TO ALL IN MONGOLIA
Essential Newborn Care being provided
by a trained health staff
OUR MISSION AND OUR GOAL
Alcohol Free Mongolia Initiative
The World Health Organization Country Office in Mongolia
works closely with the Ministry of Health, other sectors of the
government, international partners and the non-governmental
organizations to improve the health and wellbeing of the
Mongolian people especially those who are poor and
vulnerable.
Our main focus is on public health and our goal is to improve
the life expectancy and quality of life of the people by
preventing diseases, promoting health, treating those who are
sick and rehabilitating those who are disabled.
OUR LEADERSHIP
We provide leadership on matters critical to health such as
during health emergencies and pandemics; engage with
partners where joint action is needed; disseminate vital health
information and knowledge; set norms and standards on
public health; provide expert technical support on wide areas
in the filed of health and assess and monitor health situation
and trends.
Our organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations
System and is non political and adheres to the principles of
human rights, gender equity and non-discrimination. The
WHO Country Representative is the head of the Country
Office and directs country operation.
Mr Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia launched the Alcohol Free
Mongolia Initiative by advocating drinking a glass of milk instead
of alcoholic drink at every official function
Alcohol use is a common risk factor among Mongolians that
contribute to high prevalence of noncommunicable diseases
including road traffic injuries. WHO STEPS survey on the
prevalence of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases
revealed that 66.9% (2005) and 58.5% (2009) of the population
consumed alcohol drinks on regular basis..
Under the Leadership of the President of Mongolia a national
network of eighty governmental and non-governmental
organizations was established to implement “Alcohol Free
Mongolia Initiative” the aim of which is to increase public
awareness, formulate policies and legal environment to reduce
the consequences of alcohol use. The World Health Organization
is continuing to provide technical and financial support to the
Presidents Office and Ministry of Health to achieve this goal.
Integrated management of childhood illness
expanded nationwide
“We have quite successfully expanded IMCI in-service
training because we made a training plan early on. This plan
was funded by the World Health Organization. This meant
that we could do the training in systematic way, by training
facilitators first, and by being careful to ensure that the quality
of training was maintained. Then, as we expanded IMCI, we
revised the plan every year.
WHO Country Representative Dr Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn is
discussing Road Safety Campaign with Ministry of Health and
Partners.
OUR WORK
We have been working in Mongolia since nineteen sixty’s and
our work has greatly contributed towards reducing the high
burden of childhood deaths, maternal deaths and deaths due to
several communicable diseases such as diarrhoea, respiratory
diseases and tuberculosis.
These diseases were the major causes of misery and suffering
among the Mongolian population during the past decades.
Community IMCI training being conducted for pregnant mothers
in Khan Uul district to change family and community practices on
Mother’s and Child Health
When we had a plan, we could go to the donors and be
very specific. This is what is needed, we could say. And
because donors could see we had thought it through, they
gave funding.” Dr. Soyogerel Gochuu, OIC& IMCI Focal
Person, Ministry of Health, Mongolia
Diseases. Several Mongolian national experts also are part
of the technical team. We also bring in several international
experts to support our work whenever it is necessary.
WHO initiates DOTS to reduce rising incidences of
Tuberculosis
Mongolia is one of the seven countries in the Western
Pacific Region with high burden of Tuberculosis. With
support from WHO, the DOTS strategy was introduced in
the manage,ment of TB patientsin in 1994. Three-pronged
approach for providing DOTS is used in Mongolia, namely
ambulatory DOTS through TB dispensaries, home-based
DOTS through volunteers and DOTS with food support
through partner cafeterias.
Through active participation and support of community
volunteers and involvement of private sector and primary
health care providers the DOTS strategy is proving to be
highly successful as seen by increase in early detection of
TB cases and rate of recovery and completion of treatment
of TB.
WHO Country Staff with Minister of Health at a Retreat at Khan
Jims Camp, Nalaikh
OUR PARTNERS
We work closely with the Ministry of Health national,
aimag and soum counterparts and also with our international
and non-governmental partners who are active in health
sector. Some of the partners whom we work with are
ADB, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNTFHS, MCA, NLM, WV and
HSUM.
OUR BENEFICIARIES
Our beneficiaries include pregnant mothers, children,
elderly, adolescents and health care workers.
DOTS trained nursing staff administering treatment to a child
suffering from Tuberculosis
YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN ALSO BE
PART OF THIS SUCCESS STORY BY CONTRIBUTING
IN CASH OR KIND TOWARDS OUR COUNTRY
PROGRAMMES.
OUR STAFF
The WHO country office is part of the Global and Regional
WHO network and as such draws its resources and technical
expertise from around the world. At country level, the
leadership of the organization rests with the Country
Representative who is an expert on Public Health matters.
He is joined by two international experts in the areas of
prevention and control of communicable diseases such
as HIV/AIDS and TB and the expert on Health Systems,
Maternal and Child Health and Non-Communicable
Health Care Workers being trained on Essential Emergency
Surgical Care to manage complications of pregnancy and child
birth by WHO technical staff at First Clinical Hospital
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
WHO is accountable to its member states and the Director
General reports back to the General Assembly annually on the
success and failures of its programme .Similarly, the Regional
Director through his annual report reports to the Regional
Committee. At the country level, the WHO Representative
and the technical staff have a annual consultative meeting
with the Minister of Health, Vice Minister of Health and
senior staff of the Ministry of Health to review the programme
implementation of previous year and plan priorities for the
forthcoming biennium which becomes the basis of WHO
country programme and budget for next two years.
OUR FUTURE WORK
Ministry of Health Counterparts and WHO Country Office staff at
Workshop Discussing WHO Country Programme for
2012-2013 Biennium
Our plan for the future is clearly defined in the WHO
Country Cooperation Strategy for 2010-2015 which has been
developed with active and close participation of the Ministry
of Health, other sectors of government and our international
and national partners. The strategy was approved and endorsed
at the World Health Assembly in 2010 by the Director General
and Regional Director of WPRO and the Minister of Health
Mongolia. Our focus will be on five priority areas namely:
1. Health systems strengthening through primary health care
approach
2. Scaling up prevention and control of noncommunicable
disease injuries, violence and their determinants.
3. Sustaining and accelerating the achievement of healthrelated MDG targets
4. Strengthening health security including control of
communicable and vaccine - preventable diseases.
5. Strengthening environmental health management
Within each priority areas there are several major focus areas
which have been identified as urgent areas of work which
need WHO technical and financial support. Few of these are:
- Improving Water and Sanitation at Rural Health Facilities
- Health Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and
Response
- Reducing Deaths among Pregnant Mothers and Children
- Reducing Harmful Use of Alcohol
- Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections
Examples of how small amounts of money can
make a difference
Water and Sanitation facilities have been improved in twenty
soum hospitals with support of WHO. Only 15000USD dollars
was the cost of construction of a deep well and water pipe
connection to all areas of hospital. As result, hospitals have
access to safe water for provision of health care services.
Some Project in Need of Urgent Funding
# Projects
Budget (US$)
1
Health Emergency Preparedness Training
for Managers
20 000
2
Essential Newborn Care Course for
HCW
50 000
3
Alcohol Reduction Campaign through
mass media
150 000
4
Congenital syphilis elimination
programme
200 000
YOU TOO CAN BE OUR INVALUABLE PARTNER
TO SUPPORT US AND THE PEOPLE OF MONGOLIA
IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING BY
CONTRIBUTING SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDS
WHO Country Cooperation
Strategy for Mongolia
2010-2015
Ministry of Health
Mongolia
GET YOUR FREE COPY OF
OUR COUNTRY COOPERATION
STRATEGY FOR YOU TO IDENTIFY
THE AREAS IN WHICH WE
CAN WORK TOGETHER TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YOUR
CONTRIBUTION IN THE FORM OF
FUNDS OR KIND WILL BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED BY US.
We would like to sincerely thank you in advance for your
contribution.
For Further Information on any of our programmes or for
your free copy of our Country Cooperation Strategy, please
feel free to contact us on the following address:
The WHO Representative Office in Mongolia
Government Building VIII
Olympic Street 2
Ulaanbaatar-13
Mongolia
Ph: 976-327870
Fax: 976-11-324683
Email: wrmog@wpro.who.int
Website: http:/www.un.mongolia.mn/who