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Conclusion on training centre at Muanza, Mozambique, Africa
The sociologists on the Mozambique Committee concluded, after a delay of many months, that there was no established community at Muanza where the land had been granted for the proposed Training Centre. For this reason, and as there was no possibility of re-locating closer to Beira which was originally requested , AMOR has, after much deliberation , decided alternatively to partner with LIFELINE MALAWI, a non-profit NGO based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We have committed to build a Maternity Clinic at Kasese, Malawi under the direction and supervision of Dr. Chris Brooks (Cambridge trained physician). This clinic will be attached to the medical facility already in operation.
Some of the reasons AMOR is beginning with the first project of building a Maternity Center in partnership with Lifeline Malawi NGO under the supervision of Dr. Chris Brooks in Kasese, Malawi, Africa
AMOR, in partnership with Lifeline Malawi, aims to help make a high impact difference in the country of Malawi caught in the epicenter of the HIV/Aids pandemic. The maternity mortality in Malawi is over 1800 per 100,000 live births (compared with France 17/100,000).
With the construction and full implementation of a maternity program Lifeline Malawi/AMOR will be able to improve maternal health thereby reducing maternal and infant mortality.
Fewer babies will be born with HIV/AIDS due to prenatal care and appropriate medication to prevent the transfer of HIV/Aids during childbirth.
This issue is of primary importance before developing the educational program for future generations. |
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 BACKGROUND
• Malawi is one of the poorest countries on the African continent with a population of 13 million.
• The rate of HIV infection is about 30%.
•There are more than one million orphaned children.
• The maternity mortality in Malawi is over 1800 per 100,000 live births (compared with France 17 per 100,000). |
AIM
With the construction of the maternity clinic and full implementation of a maternity program, LIFELINE MALAWI/AMOR will be able to improve maternal health thereby reducing maternal and infant mortality and, with the mothers receiving preventive medication, fewer babies will be born with HIV/AIDS.
This way we will be helping to make a high-impact difference to save the lives of many mothers and children at risk and caught in the epicentre of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Malawi through this much needed Maternity Clinic. |
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| FUNDING FROM AMOR |
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We, AMOR, have provided for the capital costs (construction of the "Maternity Ward" plus purchase of the medical equipment) for the clinic at Kasese, Malawi and have committed to provide 3 years of annual operating costs for this maternity program of per annum (payable annually) beginning from the completion of the project. It is gratifying to know that Lifeline Malawi forwards 94 cents of every dollar raised to the medical efforts in Malawi.
MATERNITY CLINIC - PROJECTIONS
It is anticipated that construction for this clinic will begin July/August, 2008 and completion expected by the end of 2008.
The 10 bed clinic will accommodate 10 mothers and their babies at a time with a rotating staff of 10 nurses and 2 assistants. (Initially)
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
l. Antenatal services
2. Traditional birth attendants
3. Expand family planning
4. Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS before delivery
CONCLUSION
This issue is of primary importance before developing the education program for future generations. |
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About Lifeline Malawi
Lifeline Malawi Association(LM),an independent Canadian humanitarian medical relief and development organization headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is dedicated to providing medical aid without discrimination to the peoples of developing countries. LM fulfils its vision of "Bringing life-transforming hope and healing to the nation of Malawi "through a community-based medical clinic delivery model, utilizing partnerships with other like-minded organizations. Our mission is accomplished by providing:-An expandable, scalable and replicable medical delivery capability based from a Centre of Excellence within the lakeshore communities of Malawi that delivers rural based:
- Primary health care, such as disease prevention and treatment through reliable, accessible out patient & emergency clinics for adults and children: and
- VCT programs (Counselling, testing, treatment and prevention) which address the reality of HIV/AIDS, through community intervention
-Appropriate essential medicines that are reliable, available and without cost to the patient through pharmaceutical partnerships
- Hygiene, Safe Water and Sanitation through education and partners
- Permanent community presence through Staff residences
- Electricity and running water to support clinic operations
- Community ownership and self-sustainment programs
- Partnerships that leverage other organizations specialty and/or complimentary services.
More information about Lifeline Malawi : http://www.lifelinemalawi.com/ |
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