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Save the Children International completed the first training events in twenty project villages for women's groups and community group members in Varzob and Vahdat.

Training courses on mother and child’s health were held for 400 members of 20 women’s groups. These trainings addressed the reduction of child and maternal mortality, the importance of breastfeeding, and ways to identify various health threats before, during, and after pregnancy.

On the 21-st of April, 2018 there was a celebration of World Book and Copyright Day, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the great writer Ch. Aitmatov. It was organized and conducted in close partnership with MoES KR, MCIT KR, USAID, and other international and local organizations. The FFE Project, Save the Children also took an active part in that event.  

Save the Children International has delivered 60,000 knitted caps for newborns and children under five to medical facilities in Vahdat and Varzob.

This action was implemented within the framework of the project "Mather and Child Health". It symbolizes one of the easiest ways to reduce to decrease infant mortality, together with early breastfeeding and immunization. According to the standards of the WHO, babies should wear caps, because they help to keep a balanced temperature during weather changes.

In January and February of this year the health actions, dedicated to the prevention of the most common diseases, were held in Kanibadam.

In all the seven oblasts of Kyrgyzstan, Save the Children International, in cooperation with Mercy Corps, is implementing a recently launched project under the McGovern-Dole program "International Food for education and Child Nutrition".