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Nundalo Development Foundation – A Child Welfare Charity, Empowering Children, Building Futures Welcome to our website dedicated to reducing infant mortality rates and promoting the health and well-being of our youngest and most vulnerable population. At NDF, we are committed to raising awareness, providing resources, and fostering a community of support to address the challenges associated wi...

Our mission is simple yet profound: We provide vulnerable children with the love, care, and support they need to overcome adversity and reach their full potential. We believe that every child deserves a childhood free from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. By advocating for children's rights and providing essential services, we aim to create a world where every child is safe, loved, and able to fulfill their dreams.

Join us in our mission to empower children and build futures filled with hope, love, and opportunity. Together, we can make a lasting impact on the lives of vulnerable children and create a world where every child has the chance to thrive. Thank you for your support.

Nundalo | Development Foundation a charitable organization, Yeadon, PA, USA Nundalo Development Foundation, Inc. is a US-based charitable organization fighting infant mortality in Africa.

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child - Humanium African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, entered into force Nov. 29, 1999. Preamble The African Member States of the Organization of African Unity, Parties to the present Charter entitled ‘African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, CONSIDERING that the Charter of t...

Our mission is simple yet profound: to provide vulnerable children with the love, care, and support they need to overcome adversity and reach their full potential. We believe that every child deserves a childhood free from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. By advocating for children's rights and providing essential services, we aim to create a world where every child is safe, loved, and able to fulfill their dreams.

Join us in our mission to empower children and build futures filled with hope, love, and opportunity. Together, we can make a lasting impact on the lives of vulnerable children and create a world where every child has the chance to thrive. Thank you for your support.
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Role of Nutrition in Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths: Technical Guidance Brief | Global Health | U.S. Agency for International Development Good nutrition is essential to reducing maternal and child mortality around the world and reaching the Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths goals.

Alarming newborn and maternal death crisis in rural Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2024: In Sierra Leone, the challenges surrounding childbirth pose life-threatening risks for women and newborns. The country currently ranks fifth in the world f…

Alarming newborn and maternal death crisis in rural Sierra Leone
February 20, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

A woman in labor at Waterloo Community Health Center in Sierra Leone is treated for shock and spotting with a local remedy of elevated feet. Five midwives from the hospital attended a Helping Babies Breathe training hosted by Project HOPE and volunteers from Latter-day Saint Charities in January 2024. The week-long training covered essential skills to help resuscitate newborns and provide postnatal care that ensures babies can survive. Midwives at Waterloo deliver about 200 babies each month, many of whom are high-risk pregnancies that were referred from outlying rural communities. Two months before our visit, the hospital opened a theater to perform C-sections, which means that more women in the area with high-risk pregnancies are now delivering at the hospital. Before the C-section theater opened at Waterloo, women who needed one had to go to the capital, Freetown, over an hour away. Many women could not afford transportation or would choose not to get the procedure due to fear or traditional beliefs, leading to high maternal and neonatal mortality rates. Project HOPE will be providing additional support to this C-section theater after a needs assessment on this trip. For more information, see interview transcripts with Dalanda, Adama, Fred Langeland, and Mark Sheffield. Photos taken on January 18, 2024.

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The Atlas of African Health Statistics indicate that among the most difficult health issues facing the continent is reducing Infant and maternal mortality.

The regions Infant Mortality Rate stand at 72 per 1000 live births, 390 women will die in child birth for every 100,000 live births in 2030,the Atlas reports, much higher than the average of 13 deaths per 100,000 live births in Europe.
We can turn this around with cost-effective interventions by providing food and nutritional assistance and basic social amenities.

Our work wouldn't be possible without the support of generous donors. Nundalo Development Foundation has a 501c3 status, any donation made in United States and Canada is tax-deductible. Please join us to do whatever it takes to help the babies and poor mothers, NDF is committed to do this every day, and in times of crisis everywhere in the region to transform their lives and the future we share. Visit our website to donate:

Nundalo | Development Foundation a charitable organization, Yeadon, PA, USA Nundalo Development Foundation, Inc. is a US-based charitable organization fighting infant mortality in Africa.

At the dawn of the third millennium, while health equity is on global agenda, the plight of babies and mothers in Africa remains a daunting problem.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), 50 percent of children who die globally without reaching their 5th. birthday are from Africa, South of the Sahara.
The region's current Infant Mortality Rate stands at 41.586 deaths per 1000 live births, a 2.75 % decline from 2022 as compared to 3.1 per 1000 live births in Europe. Although the region is witnessing a decelerating momentum towards key health objectives such as vaccine coverage, more health centers and skilled birth attendants, hunger and poverty is taking a large toll.

It is unconscionable that at this time and age babies and mothers can die at this rate which can be minimized with cost-effective interventions. Food and nutritional assistance can save lives. If you want to join us in this noble crusade, please visit our website www.nundalo.org.

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Lend a hand to provide a community newborn-care package -- including support for breastfeeding mothers, extra care for underweight babies, community-based management of malaria, a killer disease for babies by providing insecticide treated mosquito nets. Nutritional assistance is a very effective intervention to save the life of mother and baby. Visit us at www.nundalo.org

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There is a belief that the health of babies is all about building health centers, whereas 55% of infant deaths is down to hunger and hygiene. Join NDF and donate to save life.
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Nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger, study shows Almost 60 million children deprived of food despite continent’s economic growth, in what is ‘fundamentally a political problem’

Nundalo Development Foundation is a a non-profit organization registered in the United States with 501c3 status. we are committed to fight the high Infant Mortality Rate in West Africa by way of providing food and nutritional assistance for poor people in undeserved communities in the region.

To this day, we had supplied insecticide treated mosquito nets in the region to fight the baby killer malaria disease and food for lactating mothers, we are also intervening with coping strategies with not only hygiene education for families but training of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) to change the deplorable landscape of high infant deaths.

As a new organization, we are facing numerous challenges, shortage of funds, logistics, staff shortages, just to name a few. Notwithstanding, we are committed to work together with hope, courage and strength to save lives.

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SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE GENEROUS IN SMALL, BARELY DETECTABLE WAYS, IT CAN CHANGE SOMEONE ELSE’s LIFE FOREVER.

Despite remarkable progress, 15,000 children and 800 women still die every day mostly of preventable or treatable causes
EMI SUZUKIHARUNA KASHIWASE|SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
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This blog is based on new child and maternal mortality estimates released jointly today by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) and United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (UN MMEIG).

The world made remarkable progress in child survival between 1990 and 2018. The under-5 mortality rate—the probability of a child dying between birth and his or her 5th birthday—fell by over 50% to 39 deaths per 1,000 live births. Mortality among children of ages 5-14 years also fell by over 50% to 7 deaths per 1,000 children. The reduction in the under-5 mortality rate has accelerated and nearly doubled since 2000. It now declines by 3.8% annually, compared to 2% between 1990 and 2000.

Despite progress, there are still huge disparities in child survival by region. In 2018, around 8 in 10 under-5 deaths occurred in just two regions: Sub-Saharan Africa (54%) and South Asia (28%). Sub-Saharan Africa continues to suffer the highest under-5 mortality rate in the world, followed by South Asia. One in 13 children in Sub-Saharan Africa and 1 in 24 children in South Asia die before their 5th birthday.

According to the UN IGME report, in 2018, 121 countries had already achieved an under-5 mortality rate below the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of 25 or fewer deaths per 1,000 live births. Of the remaining 74 countries, 20 are on track to achieving SDGs if current trends continue. Progress must accelerate in 54 countries to reach the SDG target by 2030.

Somalia, Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone and Guinea are among the countries with the highest under-5 mortality with more than 100 deaths per 1,000 live births. This rate is 20 times more than the rate of under-5 deaths in high income countries (5 deaths per 1,000 live births).

The neonatal period (the first month of life) is a critical period for child survival. Between birth and the 15th birthday, the risk of dying is highest in the neonatal period. About 40% of deaths under 15 years of age occur in the first month of life. Globally, an estimated 2.5 million newborns died in the first month of life in 2018, which is approximately 7,000 newborns every day. Progress in reducing neonatal mortality is slower than progress for older ages. As a result, the share of neonatal deaths relative to all under-5 deaths has increased.

Around the time of a child’s birth is also critical for mothers.

The global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined 38%, from 342 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000, to 211 in 2017. That said, an estimated 295,000 women died due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth in 2017.

In 2017, Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest MMR among seven regions, at 534 deaths per 100,000 live births. South Asia was second-highest with 163 deaths per 100,000 live births. South Asia saw the greatest decline between 2000 and 2017. Its MMR fell 59%, from 395 to 163 deaths per 100,000 live births.

As with child deaths, over 80% of the global burden of maternal deaths are in Sub-Saharan Africa (68%) and South Asia (19%). East Asia and Pacific account for 7% of global maternal deaths, and the rest of the world share the remaining 5%.

Globally, the lifetime risk of maternal death nearly halved between 2000 and 2017—from 1 death in 100 women to 1 in 190. The risk is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa because of the incidence of high risk per birth and high fertility; 1 out of 38 women still died in 2017 due to pregnancy or childbirth.

Countries with highest and lowest lifetime risk of maternal death, 2017

Country

Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 death in)

Chad

15

South Sudan

18

Sierra Leone

20

Somalia

20

Nigeria

21





Belarus

23,800

Norway

25,700

Greece

26,900

Poland

30,300

Italy

51,300



In 2017, the most dangerous countries in the world to give birth were Chad (1 in 15) and South Sudan (1 in 18) although this has slightly improved from 1 death in 10 women in 2000. In high income countries, the risk is much lower. For example, the risk is 1 death in 51,300 women in Italy.

Given the pace of progress between 2000 and 2017, the global MMR is not likely to achieve the SDG target of below 70 deaths per 100,000 live births by 2030. Faster progress is needed.

Reports call for higher coverage of quality care for mother and baby

Both the UN IGME report and the UN MMEIG report urge action to accelerate progress in preventing maternal and child deaths, as too many women and children continue to die from easily preventable and treatable causes. Given that almost half of under-5 deaths occur shortly after birth, many child deaths and maternal deaths can be prevented by reaching high coverage of quality antenatal care, skilled care at birth, and postnatal care for mother and baby.



These mortality estimates were produced by the UN IGME and UN MMEIG. The UN IGME includes UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the World Bank Group, the United Nations Population Division, and the UN MMEIG includes the same four agencies and UNFPA. The groups were formed to share data on mortality, harmonize estimates within the UN system, improve methods for child and maternal mortality estimation, and to report on progress towards the SDGs. The groups continue to produce reliable and transparent mortality estimates to track countries’ progress towards SDG targets 3.1 and 3.2. All data, estimates, and details on methods are available on the Child Mortality Estimates (CME INFO) website and WHO website. The new estimates are also available in the World Bank’s World Development Indicators and HealthStats databases.

Glossary:

Under-five mortality rate: Probability of dying between birth and exactly 5 years of age, expressed per 1,000 live births.

Infant mortality rate: Probability of dying between birth and exactly 1 year of age, expressed per 1,000 live births.

Neonatal mortality rate: Probability of dying in the first 28 days of life, expressed per 1,000 live births.

Probability of dying among children aged 5-14 years: Probability of dying among children aged 5-14 years, expressed per 1,000 children aged 5.

Maternal mortality ratio: Number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period.

Maternal deaths: Death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from unintentional or incidental causes.

Lifetime risk of maternal deaths: Probability that a 15-year-old woman will eventually die from a maternal cause.

In an underdeveloped society, the first anxiety is of infant mortality. In an advanced one it is to keep alive the aged.
-Indira Gandhi

On Our Path to Global COVID-19 Recovery, We Must Focus on Infant Mortality and Literacy And This Calls For International Cooperation.

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