Children and women worldwide are affected by many medical conditions, poverty, and other risks that endanger their lives and those of their families. Therefore, CEDCOW help other charities that serve these women and babies play an important role in global health—helping prevent and treat medical conditions and preserving the lives of those they cater.
CEDCOW has as objectives:
- To increase awareness and utilization of maternal and child health services
- To increase awareness and strengthen delivery of nutrition services
- To improve acceptability of, access to, and uptake of family planning services
- To capacity build Health Management Teams to deliver responsive health care services tailored to the Turkana nomadic way of life.
- To document evidence based practices of community based health interventions
- This project is providing information on potential opportunities, challenges and obstacles in the project.
CEDCOW through its maternal and child health project has increased access to integrated maternal, new-born and child health services to marginalized communities to contribute to the reduction of maternal and under mortality (MDGs 4&5)
CEDCOW through the communities in Mbetta in the South West region of Cameroon have better access to and utilize quality maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) services benefiting women of reproductive age and children under five).
Mbetta is a remote area made up of impoverished and marginalized Communities. The area is characterized by political and social isolation with about 1 health facilities saving thousands of people. The area is also mark with poor roads and high level of illiteracy especially amongst women. This discrepancy between the needs of the people and the structure of the health system is yet to be resolved by the Government.
Findings put the Infant Mortality Rate much higher than the national average. There is a lot more work to do to improve the immunization rate in these areas, where coverage is far lower than national average and short of MDG target. Just a few women during project findings reported that the delivery of their last child was performed by a skilled health attendant.
