MDAC Project
UNICEF is supporting the implementation of MDAC in the context of RCH II, which calls for increasing community participation in bottom-up health planning and the demand for quality health care. The goals and objectives of the MDAC project are to:
- Sensitize communities to maternal health issues, including the need for birth preparedness, complication readiness and inquiries into maternal deaths;
- Identify recent maternal deaths and conduct community-based inquiries with close acquaintances of the women;
- Share the findings of the death inquiries with communities and help them interpret the data to develop appropriate local interventions and advocate for improvements in health care; and
- Use the findings of the inquiries to advocate with policy makers for needed improvements in health care.