African Mothers Health Initiative

Providing care for critically ill mothers and vulnerable infants in Malawi.

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Caring for critically ill mothers and vulnerable infants in Malawi.

What We Do

In Malawi, maternal and infant mortality rates are among the highest in the world. AMHI provides home-based nursing care to vulnerable babies and postpartum mothers to save their lives.
Mother Care Program

Our Mother Care Program provides in-home support to critically ill postpartum women.

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Baby Care Program

Our Baby Care Program provides nurse visits, formula, and care to vulnerable newborns for the entire first year of their lives.

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Joyful Motherhood

Our in-country partner, Joyful Motherhood, employs nurse-midwives to provide services.

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Facts About Malawi

Total population: 18 million
Life expectancy: 61 (men) /67 (women) 
Women have an average of 5 children

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In Malawi, 6% of children die before the age of 5 years. Of these, 68% die within their first year and 40% die within the first month.

By targeting high risk infants ages 0-1 year we can have a significant impact on child survival.

Our Impact and Results

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354

Babies enrolled in our Baby Care Program
in the past 36 months.

2,692

Nurse visits to see babies in their homes
in the past 36 months.

African Mothers Health Initiative exists with the core knowledge that the lives of all women and children are precious.

The ultimate goal is 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.

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Recent Stories from the Blog

June 2022

In June nurses enrolled six babies (including 5 orphans and 1 baby without access to breast milk) and two women. Nurses conducted 169 visits to infants and critically ill postpartum women. Baby … [Read More...] about June 2022

May 2022

In May, nurses enrolled 14 infants, including 7 orphaned singletons, 1 orphaned set of twins, 2 babies of mothers without breast milk, and 3 babies of critically ill mothers. Two sick moms were … [Read More...] about May 2022

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