Project:
Voucher Program for Safe Motherhood
Name:
Maha’s success story
Location:
Dhamar
Story Telling
Father ’s name - Abdullah Saleh Hussein Hamoud
Mahdi
Mother 's name – Haifa Ali Hussein Hamoud Mahdi
The voucher program ensured all medicinal needs, the hospital staff took
care of the child tell she weighed 1 kilo 300 grams
The baby was unable to complete her breastfeeding because she spent a
long period of time in the nursery. The mother was discharged, milk dried from
her, the parents had to buy additional artificial milk. And considering their
difficult financial conditions they barely covered the daily expense rather
along the milk for the child. They lived in the house of the great family. Maha’s
father said that he had about five months without pay. Therefore, the voucher
program was crucial to saving Maha’s life.
The program has contributed to improving the quality of the hospital's
services
and modernizing its equipment. including the incubator section, and that was an
important factor in the life saving of Maha