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Dr Grace Teaching Midwives, Chagoua Hospital 2007
The Safer Birth in Chad Foundation was formed in response to a BBC TV Panorama documentary broadcast on June 26th 2005, entitled "Dead Mums Don't Cry". The subject of the programme was maternal mortality - mothers and babies dying in childbirth - in the Central African country of Chad.The film centred upon the work of senior obstetrician, Dr Grace Kodindo, and her colleagues as they struggled to provide a safe delivery service for mothers and babies in childbirth.

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Mother with Baby, Farcha Hospital, 2007

The Safer Birth in Chad Foundation was formed by ordinary people across the UK and Europe who felt inspired to improve conditions in a country where a woman's life is at risk each time she conceives. We aim to offer practical help as part of a longer-term programme, to include support for the training of midwives, since we believe sustainable aid is really the only way to engender long-term change.

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Midwives Administering Drugs, Farcha Hospital

Since 2005 we have been working with two hospitals with maternity facilities in N'djamena, the capital of Chad - Chagoua and Farcha hospitals. SBCF has helped increase their access to clean water and reliable electricity, provide training for their midwives, improve hygeine standards and organise a reliable source of basic medical supplies. Before supplying drugs or equipment, we are committed to ensuring reliable, independent monitoring for the supplies we send, working with the government and medical individuals in Chad committed to the same ends.



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The UN has calculated it would cost around 6 billion dollars per year to cut maternal mortality and child death rates to the level needed to achieve the millennium development goals. That's equivalent to roughly the same amount developed nations spend on subsidising agriculture per week.

 
 
   
 
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