Armenia
Home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations, Armenia is a small country with a beautiful but stark mountainous landscape. From the Silk Road to the post-Soviet era, Armenia’s people have maintained a unique culture and a strong religious tradition. Today, as Armenians strive to claim a place as an industrialized nation, they are working hard to improve maternal and child health, primary health care and family medicine.
Armenia’s health care system is transitioning from city-based hospital care to more decentralized health care service delivery. As a result, more health care services will become available to large portions of the population, and rural providers will improve their primary care skills.
Since 2001, IntraHealth has worked to support Armenia’s leaders in drafting and implementing better family planning and child health care policies, improving the quality of services, and helping hospitals and clinics manage and supervise employees. IntraHealth works with the Ministry of Health and local partners to strengthen clinical training, curriculum development, quality improvement, human resources management, policy support, and evaluation for health care workers. We are also assisting Armenia in the effort to decentralize health care services.
Through Project NOVA, IntraHealth is working to increase the use of appropriate and safe reproductive health, family planning, and maternal and child health services and practices throughout Armenia. IntraHealth is also a partner in the Primary Health Care Reform Project (PHCR), working to strengthen family medicine and quality of care.
Donors/Projects: USAID (Project NOVA and the PHCR Project)
Partners: Emerging Markets Group, Ltd (lead partner on Project NOVA and the PHCR Project), Save the Children,,Ministry of Health, State Medical University, National Institute of Health, State Medical Colleges, Overseas Strategic Consulting, Ltd. and the American University of Armenia’s Center for Health Services Research.
Selected health statistics for Armenia (WHO, accessed July 2008):
Life expectancy, in years (m/f): 65, 72
Probability of dying under 5 years of age (per 100 live births): 24
Adult prevalence of HIV/AIDS: 0.1–1.02%
Maternal mortality (per 100,000 live births): 55