APLAFA's Maternal and Infant Care Project continues to impact the lives of women in Panama. From its inception to the present day, we have successfully benefited 13 women directly and a total of 32 individuals indirectly. These individuals come from socially vulnerable areas, facing poverty and difficulties in accessing education and comprehensive healthcare.
Most of the women benefiting from the program have multiple children and a secondary level of education. APLAFA's Project provides them with the opportunity for safe pregnancies and, upon completion, the option of long-lasting contraception to help them strengthen their life goals.
Through the Maternal and Infant Care Project, APLAFA has assisted women from four provinces in the country: Chiriquí, Veraguas, Colón, and Panama Oeste. We offer healthcare and support to pregnant women, covering their laboratory expenses, all prenatal check-up appointments, and in some cases, nutritional care. Once the babies are born, they receive pediatric care and early stimulation for three months.
APLAFA is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that has been operating since 1965 with the mission of contributing to improving the quality of life for the population of the Republic of Panama. We provide excellent sexual and reproductive health education and services, advocating for and promoting sexual and reproductive rights.
We encourage you to continue supporting APLAFA to help fulfill its vision of creating a country where sexual and reproductive health is accessible to all individuals, especially women.
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So far in 2023, APLAFA has incorporated three new women as beneficiaries of the Maternal and Infant Care Project in Panama.
On this occasion, the beneficiaries are from the province of Panama Oeste.
With the project, APLAFA has covered the first appointments for the control of her pregnancy, ultrasound scans, laboratory expenses, gynecology services, among others.
APLAFA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that, in addition to providing sexual and reproductive health, works so that its family health clinics are safe spaces, where information can be received without any type of stigma and discrimination; for this reason, the benefited users of the Maternal and Child Care Project in Panama have also received orientation and counseling spaces with our specialized teams sensitive to various situations of vulnerability.
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During the year 2022, the Maternal and Infant Care in Panama Project benefited five (5) mothers and their babies from the communities of David, Las Lomas and Dolegas, province of Chiriquí, located 445 kilometers from Panama City.
Through Maternal and Infant Care in Panama Project APLAFA provided health care to mothers, by covering their laboratory expenses, gynecology and obstetrics services, and in some cases, care with nutrition specialists. In addition, the project made it possible to make long-term contraceptives available to these women.
Babies born during the project were care up with pediatrics.
So far, the funds raised through Maternal and Infant Care in Panama Project have allowed us to cover one hundred and five (105) maternal and child health care services.
APLAFA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that, in addition to providing sexual and reproductive health, works so that its family health clinics are safe spaces, where information can be received without any type of stigma and discrimination; Therefore, the users benefited from Maternal and Infant Care in Panama Project have also received guidance and counseling spaces with our specialized teams sensitive to various situations of vulnerability.
This year, we plan to continue with the project, in other of the APLAFA family health clinics where users in vulnerable conditions are treated. We invite you to continue being part of this process.
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We are happy to announce that we got news of 9 babies born to women who got medical cares at the APLAFA´s Clinics; with the birth of the last baby of this first list, we will be already for open our program to other group of vulnerable pregnants womens.
During this period, since september 2021, APLAFA provides continuous support to the mothers, covering their medical expenses on laboratories, ginecologycal and obstetric services; and on some special cases, nutritional professional atention. After the births, APLAFA decide to contribute with a long term contraception for the mothers, and with the pediatric atenttion for the babies.
Meanwhile, our nurses and doctors make sure to provide advice on issues such as prevention of domestic violence, breast cancer and HIV / STIs; in addition, to provide orientation in family planning.
The stories of each woman, are deeplies and diverses. Some of them are studiyng and the support of APLAFA was the diference between stay and leave the university; others, are woman living really far of the principals public health centers, and a free medical assistant is a big oportunnity. They need for such help, is great and we are happy that we can offer for free, without your help all this would become imposible.
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Buenos días, espero que estés bien.
Today I want to give you excellent news: the first baby of this project was born recently and she is a beautiful girl. We saw her mom come month after month for her pregnancy follow-up appointments, and now she has finally brought the baby with her to her first pediatrics appointment. We are very grateful and very aware of what this means in the life of each person who is served at APLAFA, thanks to donors like you.
Every OB/GYN appointment, every lab exam – covered by your donations – ensures that mother and baby are healthy, that there is a promising future for them. And it provides the necessary information for the medical staff to make the right decisions at the time of delivery and for both to receive timely treatment if necessary. Thus reducing the chances of maternal and child mortality.
Something very important that we have integrated into this project is that, once a woman has given birth, she can access a long-lasting contraceptive method that will provide her with up to three years of protection. Reducing the chances of unplanned pregnancies and giving her the opportunity to follow her personal, academic and professional projects.
Add other donors, invite her friends and family. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality, unplanned pregnancies and increase early diagnosis of diseases.
Have a nice day!
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