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Home » Innovations » TTS-0816-05

Addressing maternal and neonatal mortality through increased antenatal care in impoverished and remote regions

Teresa Fasabi

Teresa Fasabi

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Start Date: 31/03/2017- End Date: 31/12/2021


The Mama River+ Program aims to address high maternal and neonatal mortality rates by empowering community agents to act as first-level service providers for pregnant women, to ensure adherence to adequate maternal and newborn care. Starting in the Peruvian Amazon, the project expects to enroll 1,150 mother-infant pairs living in extremely impoverished and remote regions. Based on the results from the proof-of-concept study, the goal is to increase the number of women initiating antenatal care in the first trimester by more than 60%.

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    Program

    Transition to Scale

    Institution

    Cayetano Heredia University

    Institution Country

    Peru

    Implementation Country

    Peru

    Implementation Region

    Latin America and Caribbean

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