Physical Health Kenya Project #43581

Maternal child healthcare awareness

by Ihopee,Inc

Project Report | Feb 26, 2024
Report update maternal and child healthcare services

By Rose okwany | Project leader

Certainly! Here's an adapted version of the example highlighting the need for more financial support to achieve the project goals:

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Global report on maternal health and child mortality emphasizes the urgent need for support to reach more mothers who require assistance.

Maternal child health care awareness is crucial to address social disparities in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH), Nutrition, and Family Planning through a health-related poverty alleviation initiative. The project targets Siaya, Kisumu, Vihiga, and Nairobi Counties in Kenya, particularly in Uyoma, Nyakach, Maraba, and Kayole sub-counties, which face challenges such as inequitable distribution of resources, high maternal and child mortality rates, poor infrastructure, low literacy rates, recurring droughts and floods, lack of water, and perennial food shortages. The project aims to enhance the health status of these counties, improve access to quality MNCH services and Family Planning, and contribute to advancing SDGs, specifically goals 2 (zero hunger) and 3 (good health and well-being) to support Kenya's Vision 2030.

**AIMS**

To tackle Social Disparities in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Nutrition, and Family Planning by strengthening health systems, fostering community linkages, and initiating Health-Related Poverty Initiatives in Kenya.

**PROJECT OBJECTIVES**

The project strives to reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality and morbidity among disadvantaged communities in Kenya. To achieve these ambitious goals, we urgently require additional financial support.

**NEED FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT**

Despite our dedication and efforts, the project is constrained by limited financial resources. Increased financial support is essential to:

1. Expand outreach and awareness campaigns in underserved communities.
2. Strengthen healthcare infrastructure and services in target counties.
3. Enhance training and capacity-building programs for healthcare professionals and community health workers.
4. Implement robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track progress and impact.
5. Ensure long-term sustainability for the project beyond its current timeline.

By securing more financial support, we can effectively address the pressing maternal and child health challenges in these communities, reduce mortality rates, and improve overall health outcomes. Your contribution can make a significant difference and help us achieve our mission of saving lives and building healthier futures for mothers and children in Kenya.

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May 13, 2023
Maternal child health awareness

By Rose Okwany | Director

Maternal child health care awareness

The project addresses social disparities in MNCH, Nutrition and Family planning through a health related poverty alleviation initiative. The project will be implemented in Siaya, Kisumu, Vihiga and Nairobi Counties in Kenya specifically in Uyoma, Nyakach, maraba and Kayole sub-counties experience inequitable distribution of national resources, high maternal and child mortality rates, poor infrastructure, low literacy rates, recurrent drought and flooding in some of them, lack of water and perennial food shortages. The project endeavors to improve the health status of the Counties, while promoting improved access to quality Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) services and Family Planning (FP). It seeks to contribute towards reversing Kenya’s declining health indicators by directly addressing SDGs and contributes to SDGs goal 2 (zero hunger) and 3 (good health and well-being) and contribute to scaling up of RMNCH services leading to realization of Kenyans Vision 2030.

AIMS

To address Social Disparities in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Nutrition and Family Planning through strengthening the health systems, its linkages to the community and Health Related Poverty Initiative in Kenya.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

To reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality and morbidity among disadvantaged communities in Kenya, accelerating progress towards the attainment of the SDGs and contribute to the realization of Kenya’s Vision 2030.

Specific Objectives

1. To promote demand/supply and access to quality RMNCH services

2. To increase uptake of high impact nutrition interventions for mothers, newborns and children under five years through preventive and management actions to reduce malnutrition

3. To increase demand and utilization of quality family planning (FP) and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services;

4. To strengthen the health-care delivery system to provide quality MNCH, nutrition, FP and SRH services

5. Strengthening health system linkages with the community.

6. To generate evidence and learning for sustainable and comprehensive community models for increasing RMNCH/FP in remote and hard to reach communities that are applicable to regional stakeholders dealing with similar population.

Expected key project results areas

Improved maternal and child health outcomes

Improved nutrition status of mothers, newborns and children under-five years.

Improved family planning uptake and sexual reproductive health outcomes

Strengthened capacity of the healthcare delivery system

Improved linkages between the health system and community.

Strengthened HMIS system.

Target groups

women of reproductive age.

children under five years.

health workers (nurses and clinical officers)

Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) on Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)

Teachers at all levels including ECD.

CBOs to sensitize 120.000 men and women, 75,000 young people, 60 village elders, 400 traditional health practitioners on reproductive health rights and Family Planning.

Family Planning and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights champions.

WATSAN management committees to support Reproductive Health care .

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About this project:

Maternal child healthcare awareness

by Ihopee,Inc

Kenya, Physical Health

a) Make healthcare readily accessible and affordable to expectant mothers, children, the elderly and the local community in general. b) Pool local resources (financial, human and physical) for the establishment and running of a community based health facility. c) Creation of HIV/AIDS awareness and, where resources permit, establish a functional Voluntary, Counselling and Testing Centre within the Dispensary. d) Establish a centre for HIV/AIDS home-based care and management.

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Dec 5, 2022
Maternal child health care awareness

By Rose okwany | Founder

Summary

Globally there is high maternal and child deaths occurring every year. with high disparity between the developed and developing countries where it is highest due to poor Havre service , insufficient healthcare providers with very little knowledge on martnal and child health.Ken being among the developing countries still experience th high martnal death rate of 400 per 100000 with high child dearth rate of 300 per 100000 due to complications ding pregnancy and child birth.. There is a need of int

Solution

The project will come up with innovations and initiatives to help reduce the above trends and transform the situation by reducing complications leading to maternal and child deaths within Kenya and other developing countries. This will be done rough an integrated RMNCH program to improve quality of RMNCH services by enhancing service provider knowledge,providing equipment and supplies and through community service by use of community health volunteers to provide the vices and healthcare e

Long-Term Impact

Long term impact will be reduced m artenal and child mortality and morbidity to increase child servival rate and quality health care service. Scaling up of RMNCH services. Reduction on martnal complications and childhood complications. Increased knowledge on obstetrics care among healthcare providers.

Resources

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