As the year comes to a close, Team VSI is busy wrapping up the year-end activities and reflecting on the progress and impact of our work in 2011. In the final quarter of 2011, VSI built upon its previous training efforts and trained 392 providers in Zanzibar to use life-saving misoprostol tablets. Since our project’s inception we have provided training to 2,531 providers in the country, but more work is to be done in the islands.
Through the years our work in Tanzania has been highlighted with stories of women and providers who have made a difference to our work. They are the example of how simple and innovative medical solutions can make an everlasting impact on families and entire communities. Monaisha and her daughter Ramla are such examples. As a mother living in a remote and rural area of Tanzania, Monaisha knows the dangers of childbirth and laments the obstacles that force pregnant women to deliver at home, by themselves. As a program beneficiary, Monaisha swallowed her three tablets after the birth of Ramla, thereby protecting her against deadly hemorrhaging. Knowing the tablets’ benefits firsthand, Monaisha shared, “Since misoprostol came into my community, we have not seen a mother die. It will be very important to have in the health facility."
As we look ahead to 2012 we promise to stay focused on reaching women where they are. With your support, we will continue to bring health solutions like misoprostol tablets to more hard-to-reach communities to make pregnancy and childbirth safer. Your partnership in our efforts to improve the lives of women in places where the need is greatest means a lot to us. We hope you will consider renewing your valued contribution. Together we are stronger and can achieve more.
For more information on VSI, read our recently published Biennial Report, covering programmatic activity and achievements during 2009-2010. The Report encapsulates the mission-driven work of our organization to improve women’s health by increasing access – access to health technologies and essential care.
The VSI-Tanzania program received an extra dose of encouragement this summer when President Jakaya Kikwete announced commitment at the highest level to improving maternal health countrywide. At the launch of a campaign focused on ensuring access to more comprehensive maternal health services and essential medical supplies, President Kikwete affirmed, “All pregnant women attending clinics countrywide will be provided with delivery kits to ensure safe delivery.”
A key component of these delivery kits is misoprostol, a medicine that prevents life-threatening bleeding after delivery, or postpartum hemorrhage. VSI is dedicated to making this a reality, so that all mothers, no matter where they live or receive care, have access to the supplies needed for a safe delivery.
After years of strong partnership with the government in Tanzania, VSI is excited to see its commitment to scaling up misoprostol as a strategy for improving maternal health. Thank you for contributing to these efforts; with your continued support, VSI can assist the Tanzanian government in delivering solutions that save lives.
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