School Health Programs

HistoryProgram history: Our life-saving skills programs were initially established in the late 1990's in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. During our time in Tibet, One Heart World-Wide experienced a number of significant successes in collaboration with the Lhasa Prefecture Health Bureau and the Women's Federation. Over the last ten years, we were able to decrease unattended home births from 85% to 20%, mostly by ensuring the presence of a skilled attendant at delivery. In 2008, in the two counties where One Heart World-Wide was working, the Lhasa Prefecture Health Bureau reported no maternal deaths and newborn death rates dropped from 10% to 3% since the start of the One Heart World-Wide project.SpecialtiesOne Heart World-Wide's mission is to save the lives of women and infants in need, one birth at the time. Our Model: Based on our experience, One Heart World-Wide developed an effective, replicable and sustainable model to reduce preventable deaths related to pregnancy and delivery among vulnerable *Current Programs: Our current safe motherhood programs are based in Nepal and Mexico. *Technical Assistance: In addition to our own programs, One Heart World-Wide also provides technical assistance to other organizations. *Past Programs: One of the key characteristics of our model is its long-tern sustainability. Once fully implemented, our programs are designed to be transferred over to our local partners.