Maternal and Child Health
Our healthcare services reach over 425,000 people in over 1,744 villages.
Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. It involves care before conception, during pregnancy, and after birth. Maternal death is one of the leading causes of death worldwide.
Young women aged 15-19 years old face the highest risk of dying during pregnancy or childbirth.
Lack of education about sexual activity and pregnancy prevention methods leads to unplanned pregnancies, which puts the lives of both mother and child at risk.
Global warming and climate change threaten maternal health by increasing rates of disease, malnutrition, and poor health care for mothers.
Rising temperatures increase the prevalence of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue fever, which can cause complications during pregnancy or childbirth.
We provide mobile village-based MCH clinics to serve mothers, expectant mothers, and their infants and children under five years old and provide free immunizations, treatment, nutrition support, and family planning services.
Maternal and Child Health
One in every 24 children does not survive to their 5th birthday. Maternal deaths remain unacceptably high at 355 deaths per 100,000 live births. HopeCore’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program aims to address this challenge through mobile, village-based MCH clinics. These MCH clinics conducted in central community locations or in homes to ensure clinics are geographically accessible and mothers are comfortable.
Currently our experienced healthcare teams conduct village-based MCH clinics across 516 villages in Mwimbi, Muthambi, and Tharaka South sub-counties. The teams conduct health education and provide free treatment services. In addition to education and treatment, clinics provide prenatal multivitamins, deworming, nutritional assessment, and micronutrient supplements (such as vitamin A) to under-five children, as well as family planning to women.
Achievements in Maternal and Child Health:
41,529
Children were treated in our mobile village-based clinics.
69,697
Parents were educated
1,638
Antenatal mothers seen
16,049
Family planning clients consulted (including condoms)