Back to photostream

Kavalcare Solar System for Jhpiego Mid-Wife Clinic Dec2014

Kavalcare Solar System for Jhpiego Mid-Wife Clinic Dec8, 2014

 

Every year, 12,000 women in Pakistan die of birth complications. The Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Services Component, implemented by MCHIP/Jhpiego, aims at preventing maternal, newborn, and child deaths by ensuring skilled birth attendance (SBA) through a total market approach, empowered community, timely referral of obstetric and neonatal complications to an emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) facility, and improved access to child care.

 

Lack of electricity in remote areas is a major issue that often leads to obstetric complications and newborn deaths. Refrigerated storage is vital for the effectiveness of life saving drugs and vaccines. Ice boxes are used in remot areas of this purpose but it is an ineffective method especially when easy availability of ice is a problem. To overcome these issues, Lodhie Foundation in association with Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program/JHPIEGO, extended its Kavalcare program and provided a Solar Powered System to a remote clinic located at village Haji Usman Jhakro near Makli, District Thatta. System provides sufficient power to operate a small refrigerator, a fan and 3 lamps 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. It was designed, manufactured and installed by Shaan Technologies private Limited Karachi. After installation of Solar System in August 2014, this small remote clinic is serving a community of 10,000 plus persons who lives in village Haji Usman and surrounding areas. On an average 10 patients visits this clinic each day. Clinic also provides up to 15 birth attendance and new born care in a month.

 

Name of Village HAJI USMAN JAKHRO, MAKKLI, District Thatta

 

Name of Midwife. Zoriyat.

 

Surrounding population 10,000. (Ten Thousand)

 

Delivery in Solar Light 10 to 13 per month.

 

OPD patient / day 10.

 

System Installation Date Aug/12/2014

 

 

601 views
0 faves
0 comments
Uploaded on December 14, 2014
Taken on August 12, 2014