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
Jul 26, 2015
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
300
400
2010 2011 20122013
2014
IMR
MMR
Sikkim Data on Calmed – 2014 ( Projected)