Maternal & Child Health
Antenatal checks, safe-delivery guidance, child immunisation support and nutrition counselling delivered by female medical staff in communities where women rarely reach a clinic.
Impact so far
7,800+
Antenatal consultations
5,100
Children immunised
260
Trained birth attendants
What it includes
- Antenatal consultation and anaemia screening for expectant mothers
- Iron, folic acid and calcium supplementation supplied free
- Routine child immunisation in coordination with district health offices
- Nutrition counselling for mothers of children under five
- Refresher training for community birth attendants
Maternal mortality in Pakistan remains stubbornly high, and the causes are largely known: anaemia that was never diagnosed, a delivery attended by someone without training, and a hospital that was too far away when something went wrong.
Antenatal care
Every camp includes an antenatal station staffed exclusively by women — a condition without which a large share of our patients simply would not attend. Mothers receive a physical examination, anaemia screening, blood pressure monitoring and a supply of iron, folic acid and calcium.
High-risk pregnancies are identified early and connected to a hospital before the delivery date rather than during it.
Immunisation
Child immunisation runs alongside the antenatal station, coordinated with the district health office so that records feed into the national register rather than sitting in a parallel one. Parents leave with a completed vaccination card.
Training birth attendants
The most durable part of this programme is not what our team does on the day. It is the refresher training we run for the community birth attendants who will be present at the vast majority of deliveries in that village long after we have gone — hygiene, cord care, recognising the warning signs, and knowing precisely when to stop and call for transport.