MAKE MOTHERHOOD SAFE FOR TANZANIAN WOMEN

SUMMARY

Help to build, equip, and operate a new maternity hospital in Arusha, Tanzania, where maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world. In existing facilities, women share beds and even settle on the floor to give birth .AFYA YAKO MUHIMU ORGANIZATION is raising money for training, infrastructure improvements and new equipment to improve maternal healthcare in 23 facilities, and to support the completion of a new 200-bed hospital for emergency and high-risk cases in the region.

Challenge

Tanzania is one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birth. In Arusha 's overcrowded labor wards, it's common to see up to four women in one bed. Thousands of women every year, especially those with high-risk pregnancies, are victims of a system that lacks 24-hour emergency care, sufficient skilled staff, equipment, operating theaters and blood banks. The poorest women, who cannot afford alternatives to public services, don't have access to the quality care they need.

Solution

Afya yako Muhimu organization want to change the status for Tanzanian women. We wish to address the most urgent gaps and strengthening the healthcare system by providing training, equipment, and infrastructure improvements in 23 health facilities to improve the quality of care across the five districts of Arusha and Manyara regions. We wish to build  the AYMO Maternity and Newborn Hospital, which will be a specialist facility for emergency and high-risk deliveries, providing high quality care for even the poorest women.

Long-Term Impact

AYMO's services will decrease stress on key public health facilities in the region by 50%, reducing facility-based mortality by up to 500 maternal deaths and 2,500 neonatal deaths each year. The new hospital will have the capacity for over 12,000 deliveries each year. It will improve Tanzania's health infrastructure by introducing international best practices and a stronger referral system.