Our Goal  Prevent women from dying during child birth More women die during child birth in Africa than they do in the rest of the world put together.

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Our Goal  Prevent women from dying during child birth More women die during child birth in Africa than they do in the rest of the world put together

Our Goal  Reduce death due to preventable or treatable diseases More than 50% of all deaths in Africa are accounted for by lower respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS, malaria, diarrheal diseases and TB

Our Goal  Give a future and hope to children through education More than 40% of African adults cannot read or write

Our Outreach Model Clinic Kindergarten Water well Treat diseases. Provide vaccines. Prenatal services. Postnatal services. Basic education. Provide free lunch fortified with essential vitamins & minerals. Provide clean drinking water to rural population.

Our Clinic Model

Our kindergarten Model

Our Water Well Model Clean water supply alone will reduce Africa’s disease burden by 20%.

Conclusion  About 7 out of every 10 common diseases in Africa are preventable.  5 million children die in Africa every year before their 5 th birthday. Lazarus Ofielu, MPH HAF Coordinator Can we do better? Do we have the will?