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1. Houston Gala May 13, 2011 www.saveamother.org

2. It Happens Every 7minutes…

3. ...and most of all…in India Countries resized relative to Maternal Death Rate Source: show.mappingworlds.com 22% of maternal deaths take place in India alone

4. …in…Uttar Pradesh

6. Why?

8. Save A Mother Health Literacy Simple. Sustainable. Scalable with Speed

10. Project Structure

11. What We Do: Teach Seven Health Practices Regular Community meetings Personal hygiene Best practices in pregnancy Infant care Child immunization and nutrition Adolescence development Cooperation with health workers

12. Flip Charts

14. SwasthyaSakhi Training

15. And More Training

16. …..and Meetings

17. A Day in the Life of a SwasthyaSakhi

18. House Calls….

25. Convergence…..

26. Data Collection

27. Our Impact: Quantitative Decrease in Maternal Deaths: 93% Decrease in Newborn Deaths: 66% Data as of December 2010

28. Our Impact: Qualitative Increased demand for Public Health Services Opening of the mind…

29. Our Impact: Geographic Spread 3 States 5 Districts 1000 Villages 1300 Health Activists Expanding to a village a day

30. Cost?

31. USD 100 per village per year How do we do it? All volunteers except field workers All funds go for field work Outsource non-core activities Administrative expenses close to ZERO

32. A Village a Day… $100 per village 600,000 villages

33. Save A Mother Save a Family Save a Community

34. Thank You