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Vision

In many countries the experience of pregnancy and childbirth still carries a mortal risk for a woman, and infancy remains a test of survival. We know why women and children die; there is no great science or mystery behind these deaths. The reasons can be described in almost infinite terms but the simplest answer is poverty.

African Mothers Health Initiative exists with the core knowledge that the lives of all women and children are precious. They are the center of everything we do. The ultimate goal is not a statistical change but the evolution of an environment in which women are free to experience and appreciate the birth process and motherhood as one of the great joys of human existence.

Stories

Mitundu Triplets

This set of triplets was born in August 2008. Mrs. Namaleu was contacted by the nursery nurse to follow up due to reports that the mother was failing to provide sufficient breast milk and that the babies were failing to thrive. Since that point Mrs. Namaleu has been visiting them and providing supplementary formula.

The morning of November 13th 2008, Mrs. Namaleu phoned the village chief who told us to come and that we would find the mothers and her babies. We took a minibus to Mitundu and then a 40 minute bicycle ride to the village.

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