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To bring safe birthing facilities and basic health care to the 15,000 population of a remote mountainous area in Nepal. The villagers have to travel considerable distances to access maternity services, and neonatal death rates have tripled during the global pandemic.

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  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind
    • Infants (<2) Infants (<2)
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls

    Situation

    Maternal and neonatal death rates in rural Nepal are many times more than those in developed countries. In this remote mountainous area mothers currently have no access to hygienic birthing facilities resulting in high neonatal death rates (currently for every 1000 live births 40 babies sadly die). The pandemic has exacerbated the situation causing loss of livelihoods, increased poverty and greater problems for pregnant women in accessing antenatal care where complications can be identified.

    Solution

    By establishing a Health and Birthing Centre poor and disadvantaged families living in Baiteshwor area will for the first time be able to access local birthing facilities, ante and post natal care, and improved general healthcare (including immunisation, wound care, treatment of acute illnesses, contraception) and health education. The new facilities, built in partnership with local non governmental organisations, will comply with Nepal Ministry of Health requirements and earthquake regulations.

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    100%
    Categories

  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind
    • Infants (<2) Infants (<2)
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls