Unicef, St John sign partnership

THE Unicef has signed a new partnership with St John Ambulance in Papua New Guinea recently to support a package of interventions aimed at enhancing pre-hospital and ambulance care for maternal, newborn and child health.
The partnership, which is being supported by the Australian government, was formalised through a programme cooperation agreement that covers a three-year period from 2020 to 2022.
This provides a framework that Unicef, the Health Department and St John committed to jointly amplify impact in the health and wellbeing of mothers and children.
“This collaboration represents a shared commitment to ensuring mothers, newborns and children receive appropriate life-saving pre-hospital emergency care and that communities, including the public and health workers are empowered to engage in preventative health-care activities that will also enable them to initiate vital first-aid care,” Unicef representative David Mcloughlin said. – Unicef