Who am I ?Who am I ? Fran Stevens Mother and child health advisor Welcome to Life and Congenital Differences projects in Vietnam Background in midwifery, mental health and public health To help the teams get some perspective on the next phase To meet other teams and developing projects My picture MNCH SEMINAR VIENTIANE, May 23-27, 2011

What are your major experiences in relation to Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health ? Master of midwifery Worked as a midwife in a large teaching hospital in Sydney (delivery, postnatal, antenatal, newborn care, fertility) – 3 years Set up and ran a service for perinatal mental health – hospital and community – 5 years Advisor to 2 MCH projects in VN – 2.5 years Health manager for women’s and children’s project in Tanzania – 2 years and ongoing

MNCH SEMINAR VIENTIANE, May 23-27, 2011 To which question do you expect this seminar to answer (1) : How to improve monitoring and evaluation of some indicators, especially where the partner is responsible for data collection

MNCH SEMINAR VIENTIANE, May 23-27, 2011 To which question do you expect this seminar to answer (2) : What are the strengths of other projects and how can we learn from this

MNCH SEMINAR VIENTIANE, May 23-27, 2011 To which question do you expect this seminar to answer (3) : How can the VN MCH projects assist other projects – sharing resources, models, tools