This is how to end preventable maternal and infant deaths in rural Haiti.3. Part of the Western
Hemisphere, Haiti is...
• the poorest country
• the most dangerous country
to give birth
• the most dangerous country
to be an infant or child
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7. “It’s not biology that kills
them so much as neglect.”
-Nicholas D. Kristof
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8. Children who lose their
mothers are 10 times
more likely to die
prematurely than those
who have not. -UNFPA
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9. The single most critical intervention
to ensure safe motherhood is skilled
attendance at all births. -UNFPA
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10. • Much of Haiti is rural and
underdeveloped
• Lack of infrastructure and access
to medical facilities or emergency
transportation.
• Lack of resources and workforce
attrition
Only 25% of births are attended by a
skilled provider because:
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11. 2. Increase access to prenatal,
delivery, and postpartum care.
1. Increase number of Skilled
Birth Attendants.
(We do both.)
The Solution:
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12. We deliver high impact health
interventions to fight maternal and
infant mortality in Haiti.
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13. Our projects are working.
We’ve trained 71 Skilled Birth Attendants.
Or, 1/3 of the midwives working in Haiti.
Last year, our graduates provided over 60,000 prenatal exams
and attended over 12,000 births throughout the country.
These numbers grow exponentially each year.
But, we need your help.
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15. Mobile Prenatal Clinic:
20 remote villages. Over 500
pregnant women monthly. More
than 6,000 patient care
visits a year. Over 40 emergency
transports annually.
(Without the Mobile Prenatal Clinic,
most of these women won’t receive any maternal care.)
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16. Our midwives travel up to 2 1/2
hours to communities that have
no medical facilities or trained
healthcare providers.
They set up in whatever building
is available, or sometimes at the
back of the Jeep.
Then our midwives get to work.
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17. We employ six Mobile Clinic
midwives, all graduates of
our training program.
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18. •Provide education
•Perform a prenatal or postpartum exam
•Screen for HIV and syphilis
•Test and treat for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and malaria
•Provide vitamins and iron supplements
•Test and treat for hypertension, vaginal infections, and
intestinal worms
Our Midwives Always:
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19. Many women walk
up to two hours
each way in
high temperatures
to receive care.
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22. We collect blood samples and test on site.
Data is collected at each clinic.
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23. We test and treat for sexually
transmitted infections (STIs) such as
gonorrhea and chlamydia.
If left untreated, these infections risk
the lives of both mother and baby.
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24. We see up to 90 women at a
single clinic.
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26. Meet Duvilia.
This will be her first
child. She walks 1 1/2
hours each way to
receive prenatal care.
She wants to know that
she and her baby are
healthy and safe.
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28. This is Phitane. She received an emergency
transport by our Mobile Clinic midwives to receive
medication to prevent eclampsia (seizures).
She then delivered a healthy daughter.
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29. “If women don’t have access to
Mobile Clinic, more women will
die in childbirth.”
-Philomène, Mobile Clinic Midwife
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30. Mobile Prenatal Clinic is our
most expensive project.
At $10 each, providing 6,000 prenatal and
postpartum care visits annually in the
remotest regions of Haiti costs $60,000.
But, if we don’t do this who will?
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31. Help us give rural
mothers and infants
their best chance at life.
Donate today.
www.midwivesforhaiti.org/
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Midwives For Haiti is a 501(c)(3) charity.
All donations are tax deductible. MidwivesForHaiti©2014