Community Health
Community Health
Our Activities
- Thanks to UK Aid Direct Rapid Response funding, we are supporting community Ministry of Health Outreach maternity services in response to falling antenatal care attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Staff are supported with the appropriate Infection Prevention & Control and Personal Protective Equipment and additional CRADLE devices to deliver maternity care in the community.
- Supportive site visits and continuous communication with the central CRADLE team.
- Community health sensitisation activities to support key maternal health messages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vital Progress
Community Health
Every contribution helps us deliver life-saving care to women and children in Sierra Leone.
- 301 pregnant women were seen as part of the outreach activities in Western Area Urban district in the first month.
- As reported by one CRADLE Champion: "You want to do outreach but if you do not have everything in the midst of...corona[virus], you will not be able to do your work. Because of the supplies given, we can do it and we can do more.