“Seeking Life for Mothers”

February 2011 Episode of Future Choices: "Seeking Life for Mothers"

During February 2011 Future Choices airs "Seeking Life for Mothers," introducing a new program being launched in Uganda to reduce maternal mortality. Dr. Harry Strulovici, founder and CEO of Life for Mothers, explains that this new NGO has adopted a holistic to identify, address, and prevent complications that arise during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum, ultimately decreasing maternal and infant mortality rates. Dr. Strulovici anticipates that the pilot project will take shape in Uganda early this year.

More about Life for Mothers.

Similar Projects Under Way in Uganda. For instance:

IntraHealth International Sees Progress on Ugandan Health Workforce Goals

In late 2010, staff from the Kumuli District Health Office in Uganda reported that they succeeded in recruiting 73 of the anticipated 80 new health workers (nurses, midwives, radiographers, and laboratory technicians), constructed 10 houses for health workers, and provided uniforms to 50 health workers.
The Uganda Capacity Program, an IntraHealth International-led, USAID-funded project, builds the capacity of Ugandan institutions to plan for the health workforce, focus on health workers’ education and training, and strengthen health workforce management and support of health workers.
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Save the Mothers

Save the Mothers is another international organization with a whole-person approach committed to promoting the health and dignity of mothers and children in developing countries. Launched in 2005 in Uganda, Save the Mothers trains "professionals from diverse professions to make a difference in their sphere of influence, giving them the tools and skills they need to become strong advocates for change and to build new societal infrastructures."

Door-To-Door Healthcare in Uganda

This is a different approach to making health care accessible to non-wealthy Ugandans.

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By Jonathan Kalan
JANUARY 27, 2011

Living Goods is bringing affordable healthcare products to the homes of residents throughout Uganda.

Living Goods, a San Francisco-based social enterprise launched in 2008 by former TravelSmith Founder/CEO Chuck Slaughter, has been refining an innovative Avon-style network of door-to-door CHPs (Community Health Promoters) who are providing essential health products at prices affordable to those at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) across Uganda...
By visiting the customers door-to-door in their own neighborhoods, the CHPs gain direct access and become trusted and confidential sources of health-related knowledge, advice and products. They become in a sense “first responders”, with an inside view into the health conditions of their communities. This is critical, since in many areas where CHPs work, families avoid going for medical treatment until a problem is so severe that treatment may not be as effective. Living Goods’ approach allows conditions to be treated at their onset—and in many cases even be prevented. Be sure to read |MORE about this enterprising approach to improving healthcare.

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Watch the video of the interview with Dr. Harry Strulovici, "Seeking Life for Mothers"

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About Harry Strulovici

Harry Strulovici, MD, MPH, received his bachelor's degree and master's degree in Global Public Health from New York University, and his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Yale/Johnson & Johnson Career Physician in International Health. He has worked at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, performing surgical repair of women with obstetric fistulae.

During trips to Uganda Dr. Strulovici has advocated for changes to current reproductive health policy with local university and government officials and has spoken at Parliament House advocating for women's access to health care. |MORE