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Saving the lives of mothers and babies

Saving the lives of mothers and babies. and of many others. Bangladesh. LAMB. Maternal and child health focused mission Access to healthcare for all. A People Pushed to the Edge by Poverty and Floods Lacking Good Healthcare and education. Bangladesh Where is it?. BANGLADESH.

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Saving the lives of mothers and babies

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  1. Saving the lives of mothers and babies • and of many others

  2. Bangladesh LAMB • Maternal and child health focusedmission • Access to healthcare for all A People Pushed to the Edge by Poverty and Floods Lacking Good Healthcare and education

  3. Bangladesh Where is it?

  4. BANGLADESH A very crowded country Population 164 million, 2½ x UK Population growth 2.6 million each year Landarea Same as England + Wales

  5. BANGLADESH A very poor country Culture/ Language 98% Bengali Religion 89 % Muslim Adult Literacy 59% Population with no Electricity 40%

  6. Why the Need for LAMB • InadequateGovernment healthcare facilities and not enough staff • Government treatment should be free, but in practice is not • Trained medical staff are scarce in rural areas - doctors, midwives • Transport can be difficult and costly so local clinics are more accessible

  7. Access to Qualified Healthcare

  8. Why the Need for LAMB • Pregnant mothers are at risk • poverty means girls and women are often underweight for pregnancy • early marriage (illegally as low as 12) leads to girls bodies not ready for babies • high quality care at clinics and hospital • the poorest can receive care at LAMB

  9. Why the Need for LAMB • Mothers and children at risk • there is a need for community education on basic health issues • there is a severe shortage of women trained to give birth assistance • there is a shortage of nurses across the country • the disabled receive little help

  10. LAMB in a Nutshell Community Clinics Community Programme Hospital Training Centre Nurse Training Institute Research School All parts work together and depend on each other

  11. Community clinics Hospital Community health Research Training

  12. LAMB’s Vision That the people of Bangladesh, transformed by the love of God, live in healthy and just communities

  13. LAMB – its History • 1950s Vision • 1969-71 Land Purchased • First Community Work • Hospital Opened • Training Centre Opened • 2011 Nurse Training Institute The name LAMB derives from “ Lutheran Aid to Medicine in Bangladesh”

  14. The LAMB Community based approach Three interlinking levels Village level: Volunteers & groups Union level: Committees & clinics Central Level: LAMB Hospital, Training, Research

  15. Community Activities • Clinics providing • safe birth facilities • health teaching • TB control • female empowerment • support to development of local and government institutions • disaster risk reduction

  16. LAMB Statistics - Community 600 community staff + 450 Village Health Volunteers 67,000 patients seen at clinics 2,500 babies born in the Clinics/ Safe Delivery Units 225,000 health teaching sessions Over 1million population covered

  17. Local Clinics LAMB trained community health workers and midwives Primary health and antenatal care Safe delivery units Managed by the community

  18. Village Health Volunteers Network of 450 Women Keep in contact with every household Prime route of health information flow both ways

  19. Health Promotion Women Education Leaders (Committee & VHVs)

  20. LAMB Hospital

  21. LAMB Statistics Each year there are 60,000 Hospital out-patients 10,250 Hospital in-patients 3,700 Hospital deliveries 200 Hospital staff 150 Training, Research, School and other staff

  22. Hospital • Attractive to patients because • typically 20+ doctors, always on call • team of national and foreign doctors • good diagnostic facilities • well stocked reliable pharmacy • potential support to pay for bills

  23. Hospital • Attractive to patients because • In-patient wards for • obstetrics/ gynaecology • paediatrics • general surgery • general medicine

  24. Care in the hospital

  25. Obstetric fistula patients

  26. Poor Fund in Practice • Seeking out those in need • Patients treated equally • Treat first, pay second • Compassionate and caring • Experiencing the love of Christ Helping people like the next patient

  27. Poor Fund • In 2012 • 3500 inpatients • average grant £20 • also outpatients • total cost £80,000 • The Poor Fund is a unique aspect of LAMB

  28. Chaplains LAMB’s aim is that ‘people will experience the love of Christ, and be offered help to understand what they experienced’ staff have their part in showing God’s love hospital and community based chaplains

  29. LAMB Health Care Foundation Supporting

  30. The story so far… Nine years in action Providing most of the money for the Poor Fund Income to date £1,350k Grants to LAMB £1,334k Poor Fund needs £80k in 2013 Our concern above all is for the poor to be helped at LAMB

  31. Health in the community

  32. Care for any who are sick

  33. Thank you for your support

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