Dear HOPE Friends,
This weekend we achieved a new milestone ๐ in our fight to reduce Maternal ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ผ and Infant ๐ถ๐ผ Mortality in Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ - the first delivery of a baby from our eight Maternal and Child Health Centers took place at our MCHC in Langarpura, Azad Kashmir ๐๏ธ!
This moment ushers in what we hope to be the beginning of a new era in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. In these remote regions, the terrain is mountainous๐๏ธ and difficult to traverse and healthcare facilities ๐ฅ are few and far between. Even if such facilities do exist, they are often not well-equipped and poor people simply cannot afford them . It is standard practice that poor mothers labored and delivered their children in their own homes.
Unfortunately the lack ๐ซ of accessible healthcare facilities ๐ฅ for poor communities has led to adversely high Maternal ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ผ and Infant ๐ถ๐ผ Mortality rates in Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ, especially in cases where there are labor complications or medical intervention ๐ฉบ is needed. MMR and IMR rates are higher in remote and rural areas such as Northern Pakistan ๐๏ธ versus urban metropolitan ๐๏ธ areas.
In Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ, 33% of maternal ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ผ deaths and 80% of infant ๐ถ๐ผ deaths are preventable!
HOPE has been working diligently to mitigate MMR and IMR in Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ by providing free/nominal cost quality prenatal ๐คฐ๐ป and infant ๐ฃ care to underserved communities. In urban slum areas of Karachi, we operate four Hospitals ๐ฅ in which a total of 15,000 children are born safely each year.
In the Northern Areas of Pakistan ๐๏ธ, we have gone a step further and have equipped three new MCHCs in those regions (Langarpura, Garhi Habibullah, Mansehra) with birthing provisions, essentially making them mini-hospitals. This measure is a proactive step โ to ensure safe deliveries for both mothers ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ผ and children ๐ง๐ป in those communities.
We are grateful ๐ to our all our generous supporters who have made regular contributions towards the construction ๐ of these facilities along with ensuring their smooth operations.
We would especially like to thank Darul Sadaqa786 and private donors for sponsoring the bulk of the construction ๐จ of our Langarpura, Azad Kashmir MCHC. Special gratitude to Yusuf Foundation for funding the construction ๐ and operations for both Garhi Habibullah, KPK and Mansehra, KPK. We could not have done this without your support!
If you would like to take part in Saving Maternal and Infant Lives in Pakistan, please donate to our Global Giving campaign. Currently, all donations to HOPE's Save Maternal and Infant Lives campaign on Global Giving are matched at 50 percent!
Below, please find an array of services your donation can sponsor:
๐ท $10: Support 3 Prenatal Visits for a Pregnant Mother ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ผ
๐ท $20: Support the Cost of 2 Ultrasounds ๐ผ
๐ท $25: Pay for Fetal Heartbeat Monitoring ๐ซ
๐ท $50: Sponsor a Blood Transfusion ๐ฅ for a Mother
๐ท$75: Support Phototherapy for a Jaundiced Infant ๐ถ๐ผ
๐ท $100: Sponsor a Normal Birth ๐ฃ at One of Our Hospitals
๐ท $200: Pay for a Cesarean Birth ๐ฅ at One of Our Hospitals
๐นThank you to all our supporters for celebrating these milestones with us as we gradually chip away at poverty barriers in Pakistan!
Warm regards,
The HOPE USA ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ฐ, HOPE UK ๐ฌ๐ง๐ต๐ฐ, and HOPE Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ Teams
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