Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
1 out of every 25 children in Kenya doesn’t live to see their 5th birthday. A leading cause: preventable conditions such as diarrhoea, pneumonia, and malaria. Additionally, poor health-seeking behaviour and long distances to facilities limit access to essential maternal and child health services, while vector-borne diseases continue to pose a risk in endemic areas.
Our healthcare services address these issues by bringing services closer to the communities we serve - addressing barriers in health-seeking behaviors. We reach over 425,000 people in over 1,744 villages. Since 2015, we have pioneered innovative village-based maternal and child health clinics, which offer mothers with young children growth chart monitoring, free clinical health services, immunization, comprehensive family planning services, and ongoing education in raising a healthy child. This program has benefited over 69,697 caregivers and 56,423 children since its inception.
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 visceral leishmaniasis, 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 25 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 throughout Tharaka Nithi County. 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)