G-2847

Newborn Support Zambia

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Project Description

Region: Africa

Country: Zambia

Location: Zambia

Total Budget: $209,537

Area of Focus: Maternal and child health




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Request for neonatal care equipment from Maluba Rotary Club

Background

The United Nations Sustainable Developmental Goals (3.2) has recommended member countries to reduce Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) to less than 12/1000 live births by the year 2030.

In Zambia however, NMR continues to be the worst performing indicator with a rise from 24 per 1000 live births to 27/1000 live births in 2014 and 2018 respectively (Zambia Demographic Health Survey 2014/2018). Most deaths occur in the tertiary referral hospitals as despite the increased awareness of emergency care for neonates as a lifesaving measure, most infants arrive late and in poor state dying in the first 24 to 48 hours of admission. Additionally, the referral hospitals are inadequately equipped to provide the much-needed treatment that is lifesaving.

ARTHUR DAVISON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Arthur Davidson Children's Hospital (ADH) is the largest referral centre for all neonates coming from surrounding facilities on the Copperbelt and most of the Northern part of Zambia. The hospital has a neonatal unit that admits close to 500 babies per quarter and approximately 2000 babies per year. The neonatal mortality in 2020 for ADH was an average 30 percentage of all admissions. The commonest causes of mortality included prematurity, birth asphyxia and sepsis.

The key objective is to reduce the rate of neonatal mortality.

Timeline for the project is 4 months.

RC of Maluba will oversee the implementation of this project.

Primary Host Partner

District: 9210

Rotary Club of: Maluba

Primary Contact: Lee-Anne Singh

Email: leeanne.singh@icloud.com

Primary International Partner

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Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2021-22 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

There are no contributions yet for this project.

Remaining Amount to Raise

Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution

$209,537

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$209,537

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

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$0

$0

Total

$209,537

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

Project Supporting Documents

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History Log Entries

16-Nov-21

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

2-May-23

System Entry

System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.

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