Presentation at WHO Healthy City Kuopio Conference by Kristiina Mäki

1. EMPOWERING WOMEN AND SHARING
INFORMATION :
CASE “KUOPIO, FINLAND AND
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE”
Presentation by Ms Kristiina Mäki,
Health Care Services Manager,
City of Kuopio
the Annual Business and Technical Conference of the WHO European Healthy
Cities Network
and Network of European National Healthy Cities Networks,
Kuopio Finland 24.-26.6.2015.

2. IN FINLAND
l the level of infant mortality is one of the lowest globally
l the service system established in the 1920’s and it is
free of charge
l vaccination programmes, health counselling, health
check-ups
l families use it nearly 100%
However
l the Finnish young families feel loneliness and
l lack of social support
l ‘new-helplessness’ has grown
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3. • still high maternal and child mortality and
inadequate coverage of health services
• health volunteers, health auxiliaries,
traditional birth attendants,
village health workers, “Health councils”
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IN MAPUTO OF MOZAMBIQUE
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4. l Need for capacity building and
l New ways of using ICT in maternal and child
health care.
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THE PROJECT PURPOSE
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5. l training and exchange of information
l colleague-to-colleague working
l working visits and workshops
l pilots in two clinics both in Maputo
and Kuopio
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MAIN ACTIVITIES OF
“FINMOZ” PROJECT
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6. ACHIEVEMENTS
in Maputo
l Professionals learned to use ICT in health care for better follow
up for pregnant women and newborns
l School teachers had training in sexual education. The main
source of information on sexual health was the magazines and
pamphlets
l Maputo pregnant families were also developed a mobile phone
application for reserving the clinics appointments.
On Kuopio’s side
l intercultural and international communication was experienced
l New tools for working with immigrants
l The colleague to colleague working and sharing ideas was
l Ideas how communality could be developed in Kuopio
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7. Example:
MNCH-channel – mHealth Cloud Service
Measuring
Monitoring
Support
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Interview
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8. CONCLUSION
In Mozambique the strong communality is
seen in health care. In Finland families feel
left alone.
The bilateral project has shown how the two
countries can learn from each other and
collaboratively develop public health
activities.
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9. Obrigada, KIITOS, Thank you
Pictures by Savonia University of Applied Sciences, City of Kuopio, Leila Savolainen