Provide a Safe Motherhood Kit

According to the World Health Organization, for every woman who dies in childbirth, 20 more suffer injury, infection or disease. Recently, IMA World Health continued its commitment to providing clean and sterile birthing supplies to expectant mothers in areas where infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world.

Nearly 600 Safe Motherhood Kits™ were distributed to three hospitals in Haiti recently, with 175 kits going to Armee du Salut hospital, 280 kits going to Sainte Croix Hospital and 140 being delivered to Saint Nicolas Hospital.

The faith-based organization believes that every woman and child deserves a safe and healthy birth. Each Safe Motherhood Kit™ contains essential clean and sterile supplies including gloves, umbilical tie, scalpel, gauze pads, plastic sheeting, bar of soap, washcloth and baby supplies (a hat, tunic and blanket). IMA also provides education on safe birthing procedures and training on the proper use of a Safe Motherhood Kit™ to ensure the safest birth possible.

One $25 donation provides an entire Safe Motherhood Kit™ to an expectant mother, from the materials and packaging to shipping, delivery and training. Think of it—a $25 donation may be a matter of life and death for a mother and her baby.

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• IMA World Health home page

A container bound for Haiti is expected to arrive in port this weekend carrying contents sent by IMA World Health. The more than 500 cartons of life-saving medical kits and supplies are valued at more than $600,000. Among them are 3500 Safe Motherhood Kits™ , many of them have been provided with support from donors like you.

For every woman who dies in childbirth, 20 more suffer injury, infection or disease. These kits are designed to put an end to that by providing sterile birthing supplies, including gloves, umbilical tie, scalpel, baby supplies and more.

This shipment will be divided among the following hospitals:

Hospital Justinien, Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Hospital Grande Riv du Nord, Hospital Ste. Croix, Hospital Bienfaisance de Pignon, Hospital St. Nicolas, Hospital Armee du Salute, Hospital St. Michel de Jacmel, Hospital HIC- Sud Dept and Hospital HIC-Nord Ouest Dept.

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