MATERNAL & CHILD LIBERTY FOUNDATION
INTRODUCTION
Maternal and Child Liberty Foundation is a non-profit organisation established in February 2016 by two service minded and dedicated individuals; RGN Grace K.A. Asomaning (Paediatric specialty). It was created to meet the burgeoning demand for quality reproductive health, child/ newborn survival and maternal health. GOAL
Our primary focus is to ens
ure the survival of both mother and baby by providing interventions for healthy pregnancy, childbirth and beyond. As well as providing health interventions for children aged 5 and below. TARGET AUDIENCE
• Mothers (young and old)
• Newborns
• Children aged 5 and below
MISSION
Our goal is to ensure that pregnant mothers and new mothers receive quality education and holistic health care to enable their survival as well as their newborns, and remain healthy during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Health interventions will also be provided for children aged 5 and under. VISION
• Giving health education relevant to the needs of the pregnant woman, newborns and children under 5.
• Providing holistic care to enhance their well-being, growth and development.
• Empowering women, so they can live and remain healthy.
• Advocate for national and global policies that benefit maternal, newborns and child survival and health.
• Decrease maternal and child mortality and morbidity rate. CHALLENGES
In low income communities and countries, many women and newborns die during pregnancy and childbirth from conditions that can be easily be prevented and treated using cost-effective interventions. We invest in the development and delivery of proven cost-effective interventions to aid and empower women in these areas to improve the survival and health of women, newborns and children under 5years. Since 1990, maternal deaths worldwide have dropped by 45%, but everyday about 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, almost all of these deaths occur in developing countries as a result of conditions that include severe bleeding, infection, high blood pressure and complications during delivery. Maternal health is closely linked to newborn survival while great strides have been made in reducing global child mortality, newborns now account for 44% of all childhood deaths.
“Each year 2.9 million newborns needlessly die within their first month and an additional 2.6million are stillborn”. The main causes which are preventable and treatable are complications due to prematurity, complications during delivery and infection. Proven, high-impact interventions are available, but they are not reaching all of the women and newborns who need them. Although birth facilities are increasing in all regions and tropic areas, the quality of care at birth remains a major challenge. Many women give birth at home and may not see a skilled health worker before or after delivery due to ethical and cultural reasons. Skilled health workers often lack access to critical supplies and medicines, hence not making the care given as holistic as it is expected to be. By strengthening the skills and capacities of local advocates, we promote policies and strategies that enable communities to increase the use of lifesaving health interventions, raise awareness of overlooked risk factors for newborn and maternal mortality, and expand the use of essential medicines. This way, maternal and child mortality is reduced.
