Maternal and Child Health Clinics

HopeCore’s Village-based Maternal Child Health program is a community-based program that seeks to improve Maternal Neonatal and Child Health in Mwimbi and Muthambi Sub-Counties.  The program adopts a mix of interventions to reduce the burden of maternal and child mortality and morbidity in underserved communities; the interventions include health education to mothers, nutritional assessment (growth monitoring) for children under 5 years, malaria prevention, Vitamin A supplementation, deworming and access to free treatment services for children under 5 years and their mothers.

A Primary Pillar of HopeCore’s MCH program is health education. Health education to mothers/caregivers aims at empowering mothers and caregivers to take charge of their health and their families, promote health, and prevent diseases, disability, and premature death through education-driven voluntary behaviour change activities. Our teams conducted 96 Village-based MCH clinics where the Community Health Officers educated 1755 mothers on Community Maternal and Neonatal Care (CMNC) and Family planning.

We conducted Nutritional assessment/growth monitoring for 2220 children under 5 years. Growth monitoring is the regular measurement of a child-size weight and head circumference to detect abnormal growth like stunted growth, affecting many children.  35 children who were found to be malnourished were referred to a dietician at our clinic for proper management.

 Additionally, we provided Vitamin A supplements to 941 children. Vitamin A helps children to have a normal function of the immunity system and to maintain healthy vision. HopeCore clinical team provided free treatment services to 2,311 children during the MCHs. The children were treated on conditions such as tinea, pneumonia, malaria and diarrhoea. 1225 children were dewormed.

Furthermore, we ensured continued health education in our communities through training of Community Health Volunteers to serve a health ambassadors in their villages.  HopeCore has adopted a flipbook campaign approach in training CHVs. The CHVs are trained in smaller groups at their Community Health Units; they are then equipped with flipbooks as teaching aids. Within this reporting period, we have done two flipbook campaigns:

a)      Community Maternal and Neonatal Care (CMNC)

Community Maternal and Neonatal Care are essential in improving the health and survival of women and their newborn babies during pregnancy, childbirth, growth, and development. In April 2021, HopeCore trained 661 Community Health Volunteers on CMNC: Prenatal Care, Antenatal Care, and Postnatal care with an emphasis on the importance of health facility deliveries, immunization, Vitamin A supplementations, and deworming for children under five years. The CHVs sensitized 23,840 households on CMNC in April and May 2021in the four Sub-Counties.  95,360 were sensitized on CMNC.  

b)     Family planning

Family planning (FP) is one of the most transformative approaches to attaining improved global health. FP helps to improve women's health and that of their children. .651 CHVs were trained on family planning in June and July. The CHVs conducted 20,450 household visits where 81,800 adults of reproductive age were educated on FP.

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