Afghanistan
Health
Saving Lives by Training Women Health Workers
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesTaliban restrictions and war made healthcare unavailable to Afghan women—with deadly consequences. Today, Afghan women suffer the world’s highest maternal mortality rate. Afghans strongly prefer that women receive healthcare from other women, but few female doctors and nurses exist. Training female nurses and health educators quickly increases women’s access to quality healthcare, especially reproductive healthcare, and saves lives. ActivitiesNurses and health educators learn over 100 medical topics in 3- to 9-month courses. Nurses complete practical work with patients as part of training. They provide vaccinations, health education, care for pregnant mothers and other medical care. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $530 Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $530. The original project funding goal was $77,000. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactThese courses will ease shortages of trained Afghan female health workers. Graduates will work in clinics and hospitals, treating hundreds of Afghan women and children each day. Project Message
Many women in our area died because of problems arising during delivery. By training these women, you saved the lives of women who might have died during pregnancy or lost the life of their child. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Toc Dunlap, Project SponsorOrganization
Learn more about Creating Hope International (CHI) and the project team. Creating Hope International (CHI)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGivingWhere this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about Afghanistan, read the Human Development Report on Afghanistan or the Wikipedia entry for Afghanistan. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on November 04, 2005. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 01, 2005. Latest Update from the FieldUpdateBy Afghan Institute of Learning - AIL, November 04, 2005 02:04 PM
Creating Hope International shares this mid-year report from the Afghan Institute of Learning, highlighting some of AIL's recent successes! Comment on this update
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