Action - The Leyaata (“Rescue Us”) Project to Reduce Maternal, Infant and Child Mortality - Distribution of insecticide-treated bednets - Infants and young children|Lactating women (LW)|Pregnant women (PW)

Programme: The Leyaata (“Rescue Us”) Project to Reduce Maternal, Infant and Child Mortality

Programme description

The project aims to reduce maternal, infant and child mortality in 50 marginalized villages in the north Kintampo and south Bole districts of Ghana by directly addressing key health issues. Reaching approximately 10,000 beneficiaries, the project addresses care during pregnancy and childbirth, neonatal care, and malaria control as critical health concerns in these communities. Key project components include establishing a prenatal and neonatal home visit system for pregnant women and infants, and launching a malaria control program that prioritizes mothers and infants.

Specific activities include: distributing neonatal care kits; training community-based volunteers and local health professionals; providing mosquito nets for all village residents; conducting malaria control workshops; and supplying local clinics with rapid malaria test kits. Ghana Rural Integrated Development is working in partnership with the Northern Empowerment Association to implement this project.

Programme type

Community/sub-national

Cost

CA$ 643,464.00

References

Status: 
On-going

Start date:

January
2011

End date:

January
2015
Area: 
Rural
Place: 
North Kintampo & South Bole Districts
Target group: 
Infants and young children
Lactating women (LW)
Pregnant women (PW)
Delivery: 
Community-based
Implementation details : 

Specific activities include: distributing neonatal care kits; training community-based volunteers and local health professionals; providing mosquito nets for all village residents; conducting malaria control workshops; and supplying local clinics with rapid malaria test kits. 

Target population size : 
10,000 beneficiaries
Coverage level (%): 
50 marginalized villages in the north Kintampo and south Bole districts of Ghana
Outcome indicator(s): 

Maternal, infant and child mortality

Outcome reported by social determinants: 
Vulnerable groups

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