Maternal Mortality Worldwide there are 264 000 maternal

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Maternal Mortality Worldwide there are 264, 000 maternal deaths each year One woman dies

Maternal Mortality Worldwide there are 264, 000 maternal deaths each year One woman dies in childbirth every 2 minutes That is the equivalent of 2 jumbo jets crashing each day

Why Women Die ü Bleeding after delivery ü Pregnancy related high blood pressure seizures

Why Women Die ü Bleeding after delivery ü Pregnancy related high blood pressure seizures ü Infection ü Obstructed labor – Cesarean Deliveries not available ü Unsafe Abortion – Spontaneous and Elective

Midwives For Haiti Midwives Save Lives Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Haiti By

Midwives For Haiti Midwives Save Lives Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Haiti By Training Skilled Birth Attendants

What Does It Take To Prevent A Death?

What Does It Take To Prevent A Death?

This Is What It Takes To Save A Life

This Is What It Takes To Save A Life

Haiti Needs 1200 Skilled Birth Attendants Haiti Has Less Than 200 University Trained Midwives

Haiti Needs 1200 Skilled Birth Attendants Haiti Has Less Than 200 University Trained Midwives

94% OF THE POOREST WOMEN DELIVER THEIR BABIES WITHOUT THE HELP OF A SKILLED

94% OF THE POOREST WOMEN DELIVER THEIR BABIES WITHOUT THE HELP OF A SKILLED ATTENDANT

A Skilled Birth Attendant for Every Woman Midwives For Haiti has added 56 skilled

A Skilled Birth Attendant for Every Woman Midwives For Haiti has added 56 skilled birth attendants Second school opening January 2013 25 new midwives graduating in 2013

Clinical Training at St. Therese Hospital Hinche, Haiti

Clinical Training at St. Therese Hospital Hinche, Haiti

Treating a Woman Having Eclamptic Seizures

Treating a Woman Having Eclamptic Seizures

Mobile Prenatal Clinic

Mobile Prenatal Clinic

Waiting to See the Midwives

Waiting to See the Midwives

Medications

Medications

Rapid Test Kits

Rapid Test Kits

Identifying Problems Early

Identifying Problems Early

Mobile Prenatal Clinic Midwives

Mobile Prenatal Clinic Midwives

Midwives For Haiti DFW Budget Head Teacher $15, 600 Teaching Assistant $10, 800 Mobile

Midwives For Haiti DFW Budget Head Teacher $15, 600 Teaching Assistant $10, 800 Mobile Clinic Midwives (3) $11, 700 Mobile Clinic Driver $5, 200 Mobile Clinic Medications $5, 000 Mobile Clinic Lab Test Kits $1, 700 Total DFW Support $50, 000

Thank You

Thank You