By Molly Ronan | Development Manager
Hello Embrace friends!
Embrace has made incredible progress over the past few months. In September 2014 Embrace's creative partner, Advocate Creative, traveled to our sites in Raebareli, India to capture beautiful and compelling photos of programs in action. In November 2014 Embrace started a program in Gaya District of Bihar in partnership with UNICEF.
With more than 100 million people, Bihar is India’s third most populous state. More than 40% of the populations lives below the poverty line, mainly in rural areas with inadequate access to health, education, and other services.
Embrace completed site assessments of all major government health delivery centers in Gaya district in September 2014 and determined that there is currently a dearth in adequate number of warming devices available as compared to the high delivery volumes in these facilities. There is also widespread misunderstanding and lack of awareness of hypothermia and its impact on infants.
Embrace is partnering with the UNICEF Office for Bihar to improve neonatal hypothermia management in Gaya district. UNICEF has worked in Bihar for the past 30 years and is dedicated to improving gaps in infant survival rates Over a 15-month period, we will implement the Embrace program in 24 Primary Health Centers and 2 District Hospitals in Gaya district. We will improve care for 4,500 infants, educate 3,000 mothers and caregivers, and train 2,288 health care workers.
Thank you again for your generous support!
Kind regards,
The Embrace Team
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