In Nicaragua, the initiative focuses on 6 of the 17 national departments: Estelí, Jinotega, Madriz, Matagalpa, Nuevo Segovia and Puerto Cabezas, Autonomous Region of the North Caribbean.
The initiative will support actions to strengthen efforts to improve the quality of care for mothers, children and adolescents, as well as the development of capacities to prevent the transmission of HIV / AIDS from mother to child.
Other activities include strengthening the registry of maternal and neonatal morbidity, the development of perinatal and maternal guidelines, standards and care, as well as plans to prevent neglected communicable diseases such as Chagas disease.
