By Tim Holmes | Fundraising Coordinator
As we’ve previously shared, 2024 has been a period of change for our work in Haiti. Moving on from the hospital partnership with HCBH, we are seeking to support sustainable improvement in maternal and infant healthcare in Haiti in new ways. That plan will continue to evolve, but recently a clear need presented itself, through partners Konbit Sante (KS), on which we could have an immediate impact.
KS shares HHA’s commitment to improving neonatal healthcare in Haiti and has worked through Cap-Haitien’s government hospital, Justinien, for many years. Although this hospital has had a recent new neonatal unit built, it is woefully under-equipped, especially with regards to vital infant incubators.
We had been talking to a new manufacturer (mOm Incubators) in the UK for a while as their new ‘Essential Incubator’ has been specifically designed for use in developing world settings. By including only the most vital elements of an incubator, building it sturdily and providing useful features like battery back-up, their incubator seemed like the perfect product to use in Haiti. We have purchased an initial batch of 5 incubators which are on their way to the hospital in Cap-Haitien with the staff there eagerly awaiting training on the new devices when they arrive.
In South Sudan, our work is focussed more on healthier pregnancies and post-natal support. Josephine is our wonderful midwife based at our clinic in Kajo-Keji and was recently involved in training for 44 midwives from the region on how to use the amazing CRADLE blood pressure monitors effectively. With new devices being handed out, along with information sharing on how to identify pre-eclampsia using the CRADLE monitors, many pregnant women will benefit from the improving levels of maternal care that our programmes are providing.
Thank you for supporting our work to provide safer pregnancies and births. We look forward to sharing more on our plans in Haiti and showing you the impact of our community programmes in Uganda and South Sudan.
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