title: SOGC Partnership Program 1998-2006: building organization capacity to support improved maternal and neonatal health.
abstract: Through its partnership program with professional obstetrics and gynaecology associations in resource-poor environments, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada has developed a model for capacity assessment and development. The use of this model in Guatemala, Haiti, and Uganda has demonstrated its potential for facilitating cultural shifts in the perception of reproductive care, for providing clinical expertise in promoting educational activities, for enabling enhanced technical capacity, for political engagement, and for broad-based community and professional engagement.
authors.affiliation: Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
authors.forename: André B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lalonde
authors.forename: Vyta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Senikas
authors.forename: Douglas S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bateson
authors.forename: Liette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perron
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007391:International Cooperation; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D011247:Pregnancy