Training Afghan Women Health Professionals
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Summary
Trains 30 female health professionals in Afghanistan or in a refugee camp in Pakistan, which will allow more Afghan women to access quality healthcare, including reproductive healthcare.
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How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $4,340 was raised for this project.
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Received $4,340 from 2 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Taliban restrictions and war made healthcare unavailable to Afghan women—with deadly consequences. Today, Afghan women suffer the world’s highest maternal mortality rate as the country struggles through a period of reconstruction. Because Afghans have a strong preference that women receive healthcare from women, training female traditional birth attendants (TBA) and nurse/health educators (NHE) increases women’s access to quality healthcare, especially reproductive healthcare, and saves lives.
Activities
TBAs learn how to deliver babies safely and about pregnancy disorders and signs of danger during delivery. NHEs learn over 100 medical subjects and perform practical work as part of their program. They provide vaccinations and other medical care.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,340
Funding Information
This 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 $4,340. The original project funding goal was $1,800.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will train 30 Afghan women as health professionals and will ease shortages of trained Afghan female health workers. Graduates will either work in clinics for Afghan women and children or assist in home baby deliveries.
Project Message
Many women in our area died because of problems arising during delivery. By conducting this workshop, you saved the lives of women who might have died during pregnancy or lost the life of their child.
- Asma, Traditional Birth Attendant
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on April 10, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 01, 2004.
Latest Update from the Field
Video from Afghanistan
By Afghan Institute of Learning - Project organization, April 10, 2007 05:32 PM
I wanted to let you know about a piece on the AIL health programs on Yahoo that was up this weekend. A staff person from Direct Relief was recently in Afghanistan visiting
AIL programs. The link below is a piece he put together with Yahoo about AIL's programs.
Click below to see the video!
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