For every woman who dies in childbirth, 20 more suffer injury, infection, or disease due to unsafe and unsanitary birthing conditions. That’s 10 million women a year whose lives are at risk, and whose newborn infants also suffer as a result. IMA World Health’s Safe Motherhood Kits™ provide clean and sterile birthing supplies to expectant mothers in areas where infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world.

Each Safe Motherhood Kit™ contains essential clean and sterile supplies including gloves, an umbilical tie, scalpel, gauze pads, plastic sheeting, a 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 for mother and baby.