A Giggles Welfare organization’s role in reducing maternal and child mortality

 Maternal and child mortality is a major concern worldwide and it mostly affects communities who do not have access to proper maternal healthcare facilities. Lack of obstetric care and trained professionals accounts for numerous maternal and infant deaths. It is quite essential to provide women easy access to skilled care and maternity services, before during and after pregnancy.

·        Providing access to skilled care:

The main cause of maternal and child mortality is lack of access to skilled attendants and health care professionals, A Giggles Welfare Organization is striving to provide mothers with essential maternal care by working in collaboration with community based woman organizations. Our aim is providing better facilities and care to women and children nationwide and ensure the health and well being of our communities.

·        Providing maternal and child care facilities in remote areas:

Often in remote parts of our country women and child health is in serious danger during labor and delivery, because of absence of trained medical staff as well as deficiency of resources and limited surgical supplies. Medical centers should be well equipped to handle any possible complications that arise at the time of delivery or labor. To ensure proper health and safe guard the lives of women and children.

·        Giving incentives to health care providers:

Another way to ensure reduced maternal and child mortality rates is to provide the health care providers the assistance they require in order to perform their job effectively. Often our healthcare facilities lack essential surgical supplies and resources required for the maternal health care services.

·        Providing awareness and education regarding maternal health:

Women living in remote areas or in bad social circumstances often lack awareness on maternal health. Our job is providing them with the counselling and guidance required by these women. Also to enable women take better care of themselves and their new born children by providing them with proper knowledge and education regarding possible complications and their preventive methods.

·        Providing social support and guidance to women in crisis:

Women in our country are often going through various domestic problems and are frequently subjected to discrimination and violence, these issues not only affect the mental and physical health of the mother to be but also pose a major threat to the health and well being of her child. A Giggles Welfare Organization is striving to provide these mothers with social and monetary support they require and strives to provide them with better options as well as legal support. So these women in crisis could feel they are not alone in their struggle.

·        Providing the essential nutrition and access to food to ensure maternal and child health:

Malnutrition is leading cause of birth defects and low mortality rates in communities worldwide. Adequate nutrition is our basic human right, but still so many people are deprived of it. A Giggles Welfare Organization is working towards eliminating nutrient deficiencies in underprivileged communities and ensuring wellbeing and health of women and children nationwide.