This project seeks to raise $50,000 to equip the Maternal and Newborn Health services through purchasing medical equipment which is necessary to save lives of mothers in Kabul, Afghanistan. These vital tools will ensure that pregnant women and newborns receive the urgent, skilled care they need in a region where maternal and child mortality remains alarmingly high - and where critical global funding cuts along with bans on education of girls now threaten to reverse decades of progress.
According to the UN global <5 mortality has dropped by more than 50% since 2000, the pace of progress is slowing - particularly in fragile and conflict-affected Afghanistan. Stillbirth rates have fallen by over a third globally, but that progress is slowing too, with a 53% reduction drop. Eclampsia and pre-eclampsia that are possible to be verified by current simple technology as dip-sticks, still kill women during the delivery. Low and absence of technology in poor settlements affects women.
Action for Development has been at the forefront of maternal and child healthcare in Afghanistan. In response to the growing crisis, we are now upgrading our Maternal and Newborn Health Unit in Kabul to meet the increasing needs of vulnerable mothers and infants. With your help, we will procure neonatal incubators/warmers, fetal monitors, newborn resuscitation kits, phototherapy units, oxygen concentrators, portable ultrasound machines and dopplers. This way we can save lives.
This initiative directly addresses the urgent need for sustained investment in maternal and newborn health, especially in fragile contexts like Afghanistan. Your donation will: Ensure safer deliveries for hundreds of mothers each year. Provide immediate, specialized care for newborns with complications. Prevent avoidable deaths due to treatable conditions like birth asphyxia, infection, and low birth weight. Strengthen local health systems and reduce dependency
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