Improve Maternal and Child health in Ave, Ghana

Summary

To improve maternal and child health care through the establishment of a medical lab, equipped with an ultrasound scan enabling accurate diagnosis of diseases for prompt treatment and referral.

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How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $100 was raised for this project.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Ave, a rural community in Ghana has very limited access to health care facilities. The lack of adequate health care significantly contributes to the high child and maternal mortality rate caused by untreated malaria, malnutrition, diarrhea, anemia and complicated pregnancies. A medical lab and an ultrasound scan at the Ave Health Station will enable accurate diagnosis of common diseases and complicated pregnancies resulting in prompt treatment and referrals.

Activities

A Medical lab to address lack of accurate diagnosis of common diseases. An ultrasound scan to diagnose and manage high-risk pregnancies. The purchase and distribution of 1000 treated bed nets to nursing mothers and pregnant women.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $100

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 "Project Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $100 .  The original project funding goal was $9,988.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Increased availability to medical diagnosis and treatment for women and children.Improved health and well-being for children and mothers.Early identification of complicated pregnancy and prompt referral. Reduction in Maternal and Child mortality.

Project Message

The use of improvised medical equipment plays an important role in our primary health care, however, it also puts many women and their children at considerable risk. Please, support our cause now.
- Mrs. Veronica Torku, Midwife

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Patrick Ahumah
Executive Servant
P. O. Box 433,
Hohoe, Volta Region
Ghana
+233-20-8166270
Email:

Project Sponsor

Patrick Ahumah

Organization

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Care Net Ghana
PO Box HP1139
Ho, Ho Ho
Ghana
+233-20-8166270
http://www.carenetghana.org

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Improve Maternal and Child health in Ave, Ghana
Improve Maternal and Child health in Ave, Ghana

Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 31, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 18, 2009