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JHPIEGO Initiative - Aceh Indonesia



AmCham and JHPIEGO have entered into a partnership to rebuild two midwifery schools in Aceh, Indonesia, that were the most damaged by the 2004 Asia earthquake and tsunami.

Your donation to this AmCham-JHPIEGO Initiative will contribute towards the goal to:

- rebuild the destroyed Mona Midwifery School in Banda Aceh;
- rebuild the computer lab and library at the Muhammadiyah Midwifery School; and,
- provide faculty training to the midwifery faculty at the two Mona and Muhammadiyah Midwifery Schools.

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I want to support the AmCham-JHPIEGO Initiative to:

1. Rebuild the Mona Midwifery School in Banda Aceh-- total needed costs US$400,000 and rebuild the computer lab and library at the Muhammadiyah Midwifery School -- total needed US$250,000.

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2. Provide training to enable students to resume midwifery studies: Total needed US$350,000.

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3. Donate equipment to the Mona and Muhammadiyah midwifery schools and site clinics.

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Both Singapore and American companies are welcome to contribute in either U.S. or Singaporean dollars.

Wire Transfer: WIRE : to Bank of America
Johns Hopkins University Central Lockbox
Transit/Routing/ABA number: 026009593
Account number: 003936830516
Type of account: Depository
Reference: AMCHAM/JHPIEGO
If needed for international wires: SWIFT code:BOFAUS3N

Credit Card Online: http://www.jhpiego.org/donate/index.htm

About JHPIEGO

Founded in 1973, JHPIEGO has built health care capacity addressing the most pressing needs of women, children and families in more than 140 countries.

Based in Baltimore, Maryland, JHPIEGO currently has active programs in more than 40 countries.

The name JHPIEGO (pronounced "JA-PYE-GO") is one word, not an acronym; it reflects the linkage with the globally renowned Johns Hopkins University.

Stemming from three-decades of experience assisting countries in the delivery of health services in reproductive health training, maternal and neonatal health, and HIV/AIDS, JHPIEGO has assembled a strong and growing global network of health care providers. JHPIEGO-trained health care professionals can be called on to work in their countries or within their regions. These networks of regional experts support capacity-building efforts at global, national local levels.

JHPIEGO also builds global and local partnerships to enhance the quality of health care services for women and families through training and support for health care providers—including doctors, nurses, midwives and health educators—working in limited-resource settings.

JHPIEGO Corporation, a 501(c)(3), is an independent entity of Johns Hopkins University with its own board, senior level staff and organizational structure. As such, all funding that is received from your organization will go directly to support the AmCham-JHPIEGO Initiative in Aceh.

JHPIEGO embraces the fact its staff and global network of colleagues bring cultural diversity and technical superiority along with leadership, innovation, and a wealth of experience to the international public health arena.


JHPIEGO in Indonesia



JHPIEGO, a non-profit affiliate of The Johns Hopkins University, realizes that public-private partnerships are a key factor for sustainable health solutions for women and children.

JHPIEGO sees great synergy between AmCham Singapore’s commitment to engaging communities where its members work to ensure the health and wellbeing of regional citizens and JHPIEGO’s focus to improve healthcare for the lives for women and families affected by the Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia.

JHPIEGO has worked in Indonesia since the 1970s to service the needs of Indonesia’s women and children at the invitation of the Indonesia Ministry of Health (MOH).

JHPIEGO has trained thousands of health professionals from throughout all regions of the country including the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Papua. Over the years, JHPIEGO has worked closely with the MOH and many local NGO groups.

JHPIEGO prides itself on its local capacity building approach, and, as such, it has worked closely with the Indonesia Midwives Association (IBI: Ikatan Bidan Indonesia).

The JHPIEGO-IBI partnership has been crucial; it has allowed for many quality improvement activities through its vast network of midwives. JHPIEGO’s Indonesia efforts have been funded by multilateral groups including WHO and UNICEF in addition to bilateral aid funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and AusAid from Australia. JHPIEGO has also been funded by NGOs like Care International and Save the Children.

Currently in Aceh, JHPIEGO is working with IBI and district health offices to:

- Train midwives to ensure that they possess the clinical and communication skills necessary to offer high quality services to their communities

- Re-establish and strengthen referral systems for emergencies, including upgrading skills of doctors and nurses at Zainal Abidin Hospital, as well as community mobilization to prepare villages and families for childbirth and complications

- Rebuild community health centers, including community mobilization activities to promote utilization of those health centers

- Provide counseling services to midwives traumatized by the tsunami.

- Develop mother’s support groups to provide emotional support and health education to mothers who were impacted by the tsunami

The Impact of the Tsunami

Health care services for mothers and children were particularly affected by the tsunami.

The role of a midwife throughout Indonesia is to provide more than 90% of all healthcare services to women and children. There are approximately 80,000 midwives to provide healthcare for nearly 160,000,000 women and children throughout the entire country.

Health care services and infrastructure throughout Indonesia were underdeveloped in Aceh prior to the tsunami; now the situation is far worse given the profound impact of the devastating December 26 earthquake and tsunami on the Province of Aceh.

It is estimated that almost one tenth of the 5,000 Acehnese midwives died in the disaster, and many who survived are traumatized, and lack equipment and facilities to assist women and newborns during childbirth.

This initiative addresses this undeniable need for expanding access to quality health care services, to train midwives to work in Aceh and, also, to rebuild the training infrastructure to enable students to resume midwifery studies.

Rebuilding and Re-supplying the Mona and Muhammadiyah Midwifery Schools

Muhammadiyah and Mona Midwifery Schools are non-profit schools located in Aceh.

The Muhammadiyah School in Banda Aceh was heavily damaged in the tsunami. The skills laboratories, administrative and faculty offices, and student classrooms on the first floor were devastated, see photo. Having lost 32 students and 4 faculty members in the tsunami, the school currently has 280 students and 34 faculty. The school resumed classes on 1 March 2005 (with students sitting on the floor), but clinical practice has been disrupted.

The Mona midwifery school has two campuses: The main campus is located in Banda Aceh with a “satellite school” based in Sigli.

The Banda Aceh campus was completely destroyed by the tsunami with just four walls and a roof remaining, and its director lost her life. The Sigli campus absorbed the students from the other school. Sigli had 70 students prior to the disaster and it tripled its capacity when it received all 167 surviving students and faculty from the Banda Aceh campus.

Since that time, 243 students and faculty have been relying on the limited resources of the school. Although the Sigli campus was not physically damaged during the tsunami, it is currently overwhelmed by the sudden influx of large numbers of students, which has drained its resources and supplies. We have received recent word that the faculty and students returned to Banda Aceh to resume classes in September. The campuses need faculty training and overall strengthening to enhance the quality of services provided by the school. No assistance has been provided to date.

Both of the campuses of the Mona School and the Muhammadiyah School are lacking basic classroom needs including desktop computers, printers, copiers, classroom desks/chairs, file cabinets, bookshelves and audiovisual equipment. They also need modes of transportation to get students to clinical sites. The rebuilding of the schools is critical, but having the basic teaching equipment and supplies is just as vital to ensure the student midwives can receive proper health care training so that they can meet the huge demand from Aceh’s women and children for their services.

Midwifery Training Program

The need to re-establish and improve the quality of health care services for women and their families in Aceh is critical. It is particularly urgent that Aceh midwives be supported in rebuilding their lives and in re-establishing their clinical practices.

While much immediate relief has been offered to those in the Aceh region, long-term solutions are desperately needed. Support is needed to build sustainable programs and rebuild the capacity to deliver quality healthcare services.

Since the tsunami, JHPIEGO has worked intensively with the Indonesia Midwives Association (IBI: Ikatan Bidan Indonesia) to fill large gaps in services and to strengthen the ability of midwives in Aceh to provide high quality healthcare services to mothers and children. JHPIEGO has also been working to revitalize IBI’s Aceh chapter, including providing psychosocial support to midwives impacted by the disaster.

To this end, Amcham and JHPIEGO have designed a midwifery-training program to build the capacity of midwives in Aceh to deliver high quality maternal and newborn care services. This program, based on trainings conducted for other schools in Indonesia, will include training for the staff and faculty of two midwifery schools to ensure that they have updated clinical skills and knowledge, and that they have more effective teaching skills.

Our initiative will provide the opportunity for young women to resume their midwifery education, learn skills and gain knowledge that will help them to meet the needs of mothers and children in Aceh, and serve as young role models for new generations of midwives. This long-term commitment to the region’s women and children will have a tremendous impact on Aceh’s society, for the community and surrounding communities.

Identified Needs - Non-monetary

• Information Technology Supplies (ICT)

• Vehicles

• Water Pumps

• Office Furniture

• Office Supplies

• Library materials

Imported, English language books—15 copies total of each of the following:

- Lowdermilk and Perry. Maternity and Women's Health Care. 8th edition 2004
- Stanhope Lancaster. Foundations of Community Health Nursing
- Guyton. Textbook of Medical Physiology
- Huether McCance. Pathophysiology
- Wong's. Nursing Care of Infants and Children. 7th edition
- Hockenberry. Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing
- Cook, Fathalla. Reproductive Health and Human Rights. Oxford. 2003
- Potter Perry. Fundamentals of Nursing, 6th edition
- Weiner. Drugs for Pregnant and Lactating Women. 2004
- Stables. Physiology in Childbearing. 2nd edition.
- Lipponcott. Straight As in Maternal-Neonatal Nursing.
- Morgan, Siddighe. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 5th edition
- Mosby's. Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary. 6th edition
- Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 30th Edition
- Saunders. 2005 Nursing Drug Handbook
- Kenner. Comprehensive neonatal nursing. 3rd edition Williams Obstetrics. 22nd edition
- Higdon. An evidence-based approach to vitamin and minerals. 2003
- Gabbe. Obstetrics. Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 4th edition
- Lawrence. Breastfeeding. 6th edition.
- Varney. Varney's midwifery. 4th edition
- Speroff, Fritz. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility.
- Rock. Operative Gynecology.
- Pitkin. Obstetrics and Gynecology. An illustrated clinical text
- Leppert. Primary care of women. 2nd edition
- Henderson. Mayes Midwifery. A textbook for midwives. 13th edition
- Symmonds. Essential obstetrics and gynecology. 4th edition
- Mosby's Medical Drug Reference. 2005
- MNH Basic Care Manual

• Wallcharts/teaching aids

4 copies total of each

- Female 3-D Reproductive System Activity Set
- Timeline of pregnancy chart
- Exercises for Health Pregnancy Chart
- Growing uterus Chart Set
- Growing uterus transparencies
- Female Reproductive System Anatomy Chart
- Male Reproductive System Anatomy Chart
- Variations in presentation chart
- Childbearing: The Classic Series
- One-to-one chart set
- Birth Anatomy Illustration Chart Set
- Positions for laboring out of Bed Chart
- Cervical dilatation Easel Display
- Breastfeeding chart collection
- Breastfeeding transparencies
- Breastfeeding getting started in 5 easy steps chart
- Breastfeeding print
- Cloth pelvic model
- Six essential labor and birth charts
- Father's Love print


• Laboratory equipment and supplies