ALARM International Program for health professionals
The SOGC’s ALARM International Program (AIP) a program for health professionals who provide Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care in middle and low resource countries. The AIP 5-day training tool has been delivered in more than 30 countries around the world and has helped to increase the clinical skills of obstetricians/gynaecologists, nurses, midwives, and assistant medical officers. The AIP is based on the latest research and evidence in obstetric and neonatal care.
ALARM International Program for health administrators
AIP Admin is an introductory program that will provide health administrators with basic understanding of obstetric and neonatal care as well as administrating skills oriented towards implementing respectful maternity care in their unique clinical setting. The curriculum has a human rights-based approach and includes topics such as supply chain management, monitoring and evaluation, stewardship and governance as well as basic clinical chapters related to maternity and newborn care. AIP Admin is generally delivered over 5 days by experienced health professionals.
Coaching and mentoring of health professionals
Coaching and Mentoring is an important component when working towards closing the gap between knowledge and quality clinical practice. The SOGC’s mentorship and coaching activities help strengthen healthcare systems around the world. The SOGC's experienced mentors use specific evaluations and coaching tools as well as advanced communication skills, real-time feedback, on-site case reviews and bed-side teaching.
Advocacy: To die while giving birth is a shameful violation of women’s human rights
The SOGC asserts that a woman's ability to make choices throughout their reproductive life and survive pregnancy and childbirth is a basic human right and health professionals are in an exceptional position to effect change in the area of sexual and reproductive health. We believe in a rights-based approach and our programs and partnerships aims to empower individuals to advocate for these rights in their respective countries.
Organizational capacity building
This program is designed specifically for the use of health professional associations interested in and committed to strengthening their overall capacity to promote women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. The SOGC’s Organizational Capacity Improvement Framework focuses on internationally recognized organizational dimensions that must be build or strengthened to develop overall organizational capacity.
Current Projects
Power to Choose (2021-2028)
Financed by Global Affairs Canada and under the lead organization Oxfam Québec, the Power to Choose program (2021-2028) aims to strengthen the sexual and reproductive health rights of the most vulnerable, in 7 countries around the world. Read more...
The Egalitarian Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Support Project (PASSREL) (2021-2026)
The Egalitarian Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Support Project (PASSREL), known as the PASSREL project, aims to improve the ability of 60,000 adolescents, women and marginalized persons in the district of Croix-des-Bouquets (Haiti) to exercise their right to health, particularly sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Read more...
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) (2021 – 2027)
The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) project aims to increase enjoyment of health-related human rights by the most marginalized and vulnerable rights holders, particularly women, adolescent girls and children in Rwanda. The six-year project will be led by AMIE (Aide international à l’enfance), in partnership with the SOGC, the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) and Rwandan partner Centre Marembo. Read more...
Recent projects
Burundi
Led by the organization AMIE (Aide internationale à l’enfance), the project in Burundi aims to reduce maternal and child mortality by improving access to, and delivery of, essential health services by improving the skills of health workers in the district of Musaga. The initiative will also contribute to strengthening health systems and will focus on implementing a plan for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
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Democratic Republic of Congo
Led by Oxfam Québec, this project aims to reduce maternal and child mortality by improving access to, and delivery of, adapted health services for women and children and by increasing the skills of health workers. The initiative will contribute to strengthening health systems, building capacity among the professional ob/gyn association in DRC, and will also address the integrated management of childhood illness, access to family planning, and, at the community level, interventions to sensitize the public to issues related to maternal and child health.
Watch this short video and learn about our contribution in global initiatives to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Malawi
The Partnership for Strengthening Maternal Newborn Child Health Initiative aims to improve the health of mothers, pregnant women, newborns and children in targeted regions of Malawi. The initiative will strengthen health systems through improved sanitation and medical waste management at health facilities, and through improved capacity of health facility personnel. The initiative will be implemented by a consortium led by Cowater International Inc. in partnership with Plan International Canada and the SOGC. Read more...
Tanzania
Led by Care Canada, this project aims to reduce maternal and newborn mortality in Tabora region by improving the availability of quality maternal and newborn health services and increasing the utilization of maternal and newborn health services by women and their families.
Coaching and mentoring activities to strengthen the skills of healthcare workers in emergency obstetric care is an essential part of the SOGC’S contribution to this initiative. The SOGC also plays an important role in supporting and strengthening the Tanzanian ob/gyn association by providing expertise in strategic planning and facilitating knowledge exchange. Read more...
Global Health Resources
To better illuminate some of the context surrounding international women’s sexual and reproductive health, here are some links where you can find valuable information about issues addressed by our programs and related to the work we do in our global health division:
FIGO www.figo.org
UNFPA www.unfpa.org
WHO www.who.int/reproductivehealth/en/
White Ribbon Alliance www.whiteribbonalliance.org
Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights www.actioncanadashr.org
Fistula Foundation www.fistulafoundation.org
Women Deliver www.womendeliver.org
Courses:
OB/GYN Resident Global Health Education Module