Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely

Help reduce maternal mortality infant mortality

Summary

Reduce maternal and infant mortality rates with reproductive health care and education. Help 12,000 women access pre- and post-natal care, protecting their health during pregnancy and delivery. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

An alarming percentage of Afghan women and babies die during pregnancy and delivery. Most women deliver babies at home without the assistance of trained medical staff. CHI/AIL offer lifesaving health services and medical interventions to pregnant women and babies through three rural clinics in Afghanistan, including on-site baby delivery for high-risk cases. CHI/AIL also educate women about their reproductive health so that they can make healthy choices during pregnancy and delivery.

Activities

12,000 Afghan women will receive pre- and post-natal care, midwifery, family planning services, education on women’s reproductive health, delivery kits for home delivery, and assessment and intervention for high-risk pregnancies.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,460
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $54,832
Total Funding Goal: $60,292

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

Thousands of women who would have lost their lives or the lives of their babies during pregnancy and delivery will be saved. Women will learn how to prevent complications during pregnancy and delivery and protect their long-term reproductive health.

Project Message

Many women in our area died because of problems during delivery. We were not able to help them since we never knew the right method of delivery. But now we know our mistakes and can save them.
- Saliha, CHI/AIL Reproductive Health Workshop Graduate

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in AfghanistanAfghanistan and can also be found under HealthHealth.

For more information about Afghanistan, read the Human Development Report on Afghanistan or the Wikipedia entry for Afghanistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 10, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 1, 2005

Latest Update from the Field

A Special Giving Opportunity.....

By Sondra Johnson - Afghan Mothers and Babies Thank You, November 10, 2009 03:48 PM

Thank you for your support. Your desire to make a difference in this world has made a difference, and we are so thankful that Afghan people have had their lives changed with your help.

We wanted to share with you a very special opportunity to give more than 100% from November 10 through December 1st. Please share this with those you know who care. During this time, we are privileged to receive additional matching funds from your donation through Global Giving of at least 30%. The need is still great. Afghanistan struggles to become a country of strength and stability.

In the month of September, the Afghan Institute of Learning delivered 29 healthy babies. This may seem like a few but just a few years ago, no one delivered their babies in the clinic. Now the community trusts AIL and the women know that they will have a safer delivery in the clinic than at home. So, they come to the clinics for deliveries if it is possible. Unfortunately, because of security concerns, the clinic cannot stay open in the night so that more women could have their deliveries in the clinic.
Participants at a recent Reproductive Health class learned about pre and post-natal care. Many women did not know why pregnant women felt pain during pregnancy. They had many pregnancy-related situations they had experienced, and now understand what is happening. Students also learned about infant health. Many infant children have died because of diarrhea and now these women know ways to help their children. This was the first workshop of this type for them- they were happy to learn about many important matters, and that they could freely share their problems and their personal experience.
An AIL midwife at one of the clinics described how she assisted in a delivery: “A patient came from Robat Torkan at 8:30am for delivery. She was afraid because she had had vaginal bleeding in previous deliveries. We encouraged her and told her not to worry. After an exam we gave her Amp Oxytocine, and serum ringer 1000cc and at 10 o'clock she gave birth. The baby weighed 4 kg and was normal. After delivering the mother had bleeding. The doctor ordered the necessary medicines to stop the bleeding. By 2pm, the patient was normal and we gave her advice and education. She thanked us for our services and was so happy. She then left the clinic with her new baby.”

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