"Partners with the poor in one of the world's poorest countries."
Our new Mother-Baby Care initiative
The limited availability of maternal
and neo-natal healthcare is one of the greatest obstacles for Madagascar in reaching the Madagascar Action Plan goal of improving
women's healthcare. In response to this need, CRMF is partnering with By The Holy Spirit, a non-profit organization
comprised of doctors and nurses seeking to bring advanced medical care to the developing world. We began our partnership with a series
of medical clinics in Madagascar in 2007. This partnership has formed the foundation for a new initiative designed
to work with local health professionals to identify and address the critical problems that women face during pregnancy, delivery,
and the neo-natal period. The project is in its preliminary stages of identifying the root causes of the problems with
a goal of providing long-term sustainable solutions.
Board member Dr. Hux Miller works with patients in the clinic.
CRMF Director Ginny Wiltse helps babysit while this little fellow's mother gets a medical exam. Women's healthcare is
an urgent need in Madagascar.
Physician Assistant Jack Gardner cares for a young prisoner at the regional prison in Vavatenina.
Patients line up at the Dispensary Antsiramandroso in rural Toamasina hoping to be seen by the American medical team.
Linda Smith Berry, a registered nurse, holds a tiny patient at the clinic at the Apostolate de la Mer in downtown Tamatave.
More than 100 patients await the opening of the medical clinic in the village of Analamolatra.
Ob-gyn specialist Dr. Richard Fry makes friends with the baby of one of his gynecology patients.
