empowering women with skills (2 of 2)
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2015 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Calmed Programme for Maternal
and Child mortality reduction
PDG Dr. Himansu Basu, MD, PhD ,
Founder Chairman, IFRD ,
Medical Director, RFPD,
RI Cadre Coordinator, Maternal and
Child Health
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Many times, the mother and child both die for want of primary
healthcare – Women’s Groups can help
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• Globally – every year 350,000 women and 3 million babies die around childbirth
• Life time risk 1 in 250in India ( 1 in 5900 in UK) . Majority are preventable
• Majority in low resourced countries – India is the country with the highest number of deaths (55000)
The Problem – Mothers and Babies are Dying !
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C ollaborative
A ctions in
L owering of
M aternity
E ncountered
D eaths
Solution in low resource settings –Medical,
Public Health, Societal / Cultural issues
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Stop Mothers Dying ! – Calmed Programme
Calmed
Training of
Professionals
ASHA run
Women’s Groups Provide Resource
!
! Calmed
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Collaboration with Global
organisations –GG $ 50,000
FIGO
GLOWM
LAERDAL,
MAF, AYZH
Programme Development,
Training Materials,
Simulators,
Equipment
Total Value
$ 122,000
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• Work out local community needs
• Emergency Funds
• Transport – stretcher, ambulances
• Picture cards /tent cards – health issues, recognition of emergencies etc.
• Mobile phones – to be introduced in 2016
Low Cost Solutions through Women’s Groups
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• Participatory women’s groups – work with local authorities, Inner Wheel ,Rotary .
• Share knowledge about women’s and children’s health, family planning
• RCT – India, Bangladesh, Malawi and Nepal- Meta analysis of 9 trials – MMR dropped by 49 % ,and NMR by 31%.
Evidence based strategy
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VTT Visit , Revisit and Scaling Up – 2013-2018
Calmed Programme – 3 years
Global Grants – Three ,total - $
160,000
Training Master Trainers – 100 +
Training/Retraining Professionals –
1000 +
Training ASHAs – 5000 +
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Outcome in Sikkim
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100
200
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400
2010 2011 20122013
2014
IMR
MMR
Sikkim Data on Calmed – 2014 ( Projected)