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

African Mothers Health Initiative
Providing care for critically ill mothers and vulnerable infants in Malawi.
Our Mother Care Program provides in-home support to critically ill postpartum women.
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.
Babies enrolled in our Baby Care Program
in the past 36 months.
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.
Ida was only 22 when she delivered her fourth child, Merelina. At that time, she was living in Mozambique and Merelina was assisted into the world by a traditional midwife in their … [Read More...] about Meet Merelina
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
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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