Hamad Medical Corporation launches microsite to promote maternal and child health education
Gulf Times
maternal health
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has launched first-of-its-kind maternal and child health microsite featuring contents about women’s and children’s health promotion and diseases prevention.
The microsite is an online resource for women aged from 15 years and above seeking evidence-based and proven information about female reproductive health, pregnancy, perinatal mental health, breastfeeding, newborn’s and young children’s health in addition to information about antenatal services that are available across all primary health care centers, and prenatal and postnatal services in all HMC’s maternity hospitals and Sidra Medicine.
The online resource was launched to align with one of the goals of the National Health Strategy 2018-2022 prioritizing women of childbearing age in order to help, inform and empower them to lead healthier lives by providing them with high quality maternal care that enables them to take care of themselves and their children.
The microsite that can be accessed through HMC’s main website (hamad.qa) contains important health tips for health and wellbeing in pregnancy, relevant information leaflets and fliers as well as a listing of frequently asked questions about giving birth, breastfeeding and infection prevention in pregnancy. It also features educational videos and infographics on maternal and child health in addition to links to relevant publications, posters and other information that would hopefully benefit the users.