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Infant and maternal mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti are the highest in the world. In the developing world, most women give birth at home, assisted by midwives with no formal training or sterile supplies. Infection poses a serious threat to both the recuperating mother and her newborn baby. There is a simple solution. IMA WORLD HEALTH, an international health care nonprofit, is working in remote hospitals and clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, and Haiti, to train midwives in safe birthing procedures and provide them with kits containing sterile supplies. Each Safe Motherhood Kit contains plastic sheeting to lie on during birth; bar soap and washcloth; sterile gloves; sterile gauze squares; sterile umbilical tape and a blade; and baby items (a baby blanket, knit cap, and tunic, which are critical to preemies, even in warm climates). IMA often works with service-related organizations and churches to supply the layette items.
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$20 - Necessary supplies for one sterile home delivery
$48 - Training for two birth attendants and two ‘Safe Motherhood Kits’
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