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Organization	Medicare Health Foundation
Region	Pakistan
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ProjectLeader	Anum Qadri

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This project aims safe child-birth at our hospitals, of women living in urban slums of Lahore and at risk of maternal and infant mortality by unskilled birth attendants.

Challenge

According to UNICEF, maternal mortality in Pakistan is at 260/100,000 births and infant mortality is 68/1,000 live births. These shocking figures are because Mother and Child care facilities are very hard to come by for the financially constrained. Many pregnant women living in urban slums cannot visit private hospitals due to high cost, and government hospitals are overburdened, with doctors often absent. Many pregnant women are handled by unskilled birth attendants, risking their lives.

Long-Term Impact

Through the project, women who would otherwise risk their own and their babies' lives at the hands of unskilled birth attendants, will have a chance to live and contribute to the society; their babies will get a healthy start to life. Our effort will also educate these women on the importance of maternal &infant health; they will in turn be able to share these good practices in their communities, enabling them to improve their health, leading to a drop in maternal and infant mortality