1. AREA OF FOCUS Maternal and Child Health [presenter] [date]
Worldwide, the number of deaths of children under age five has declined from more than 12 million in 1990 to 7.6 million in Nearly 21,000 children under five died every day in 2010 — about 12,000 fewer that rate than Every day, approximately 800 women die (based on 2012 statistics) from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, or about 350,000 deaths each year. Maternal mortality is higher in rural areas and poorer and less-educated communities. Adolescents face a higher risk of complications and death as a result of pregnancy than older women. Skilled care before, during, and after childbirth can save the lives of women and newborns. Between 1990 and 2010, maternal mortality worldwide dropped by almost 50%.
Some of the key ideas that we hope to convey today revolve around the question, What are the common project types in maternal and child health? Additional key points to consider for most successful projects, whether they’re funded by grants or not, are generally sustainability, measurability, and community ownership, because ultimately our work must be long lasting and holistic.
We will also discuss the ideal project lifecycle, review grant eligibility guidelines, and point out resources available from Rotary.
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2. Introduction to Maternal and Child Health
Maternal and Child Health: Saving Mothers and Babies
Community-level antenatal care and childbirth services including promoting good nutrition, preventing HIV transmission and frontline health work training
Local and culturally sensitive support of reproductive health programs, including family planning services
Under age five child health projects, including immunization and treatment for measles, malaria, AIDS, diarrheal diseases, and other childhood killers
Rotarians around the world are involved in projects that support maternal and child health care that create measurable and lasting impact to improve health outcomes of women, mothers, and children, in ways such as:
Reducing the mortality and morbidity rate for children under the age of five
Reducing the maternal mortality and morbidity rate
Improving access to essential medical services
Training community health leaders and health care providers
Supporting studies for career-minded professionals related to maternal and child health

3. Common Maternal and Child Health Project Types
Antenatal Care and Childbirth
Child Healthcare
Reproductive Health
and Family Planning
There are many ways to carry out a project that will impact the health of women and children in your community:
Support training of frontline health care workers
Provide much needed medical equipment and supplies
Increase access to health care services by forming strong and lasting partnerships in your community
Make meaningful and productive relationships with your local, district, regional, and national health policy and program leaders
Advocate and support local reproductive health and family planning services
Mobilize your community to support child health care interventions

4. Common Maternal and Child Health Project Types
Best Practices
Common Maternal and Child Health Project Types
Education
Best Practices
You can also provide:
Scholarships for post-graduate education related to maternal and child health
Training for obstetricians, midwives, and frontline health care workers
Equipment and supplies at local and regional health care centers
Meaningful partnerships with other health care public and private sector providers
Create community awareness groups to identify your community’s needs and priorities
Training

5. Project Lifecycle
We understand that each service project is unique: some are large in scale, some are small. Some use Rotary grants to help fund them, and other projects are funded by clubs or districts.
However, there’s one thing all successful service projects have in common: a “lifecycle.” This graphic shows the lifecycle of a service project. As you can see, the key areas are:
Planning
Acquiring resources
Project implementation
Evaluation and promotion
While we won’t be discussing the lifecycle in detail, you can find more information on rotary.org.

6. Leveraging Knowledge: RAGs and RCCs
Rotarian Action Groups (RAGs)
Rotarian Action Groups (RAGs) leverage their expertise in their particular area of interest to support clubs and districts.
The Rotarian Action Group for Population and Development (RFPD) helps members formulate project proposals, secure funding, and provide technical guidance in operations.
Rotary Community Corps (RCC) Rotary Community Corps (RCC) is a team of non-Rotarians who are flexible partners in service for Rotary clubs. RCCs offer community solutions for community issues.
A Rotarian Action Group is an autonomous group of Rotarians, family members, and Rotaractors who are experts in a particular field, such as blood donation or water and sanitation. Group members share their expertise by assisting Rotary clubs and districts with their humanitarian service projects.
The Rotarian Action Group for Population and Development, or RFPD, is a group of thousands of Rotarians who help clubs and districts participate in effective maternal and child health programs. They also publish resources related to maternal and child health, organize regional conferences, and provide national, regional and international advocacy. They also highlight the work of successful Rotarian initiatives in the field.
A Rotary Community Corps (RCC) is sponsored by a Rotary club. RCCs implement creative and sustainable solutions to meet a wide array of their community’s needs, which can align with Rotary’s areas of focus or a particular community concern.

7. Global Grants with The Rotary Foundation
Global grant eligibility requirements
Sustainable
Measurable goals
Align with an area of focus
Respond to real community needs
Actively involve Rotarians and host community members
While Rotary clubs frequently fundraise and carry out projects without seeking a grant from The Rotary Foundation, a global grant can be a wonderful opportunity to leverage support for large, sustainable, international projects. To be eligible for funding, a global grant project must be:
Sustainable, which means the activity continues after grant funding has been spent
Measurable, with an established process for tracking and reporting on project results
Aligned with an area of focus that meets The Rotary Foundation’s goals and activities
Responsive to real community needs that are identified through a community assessment
Led by Rotarians who have built a relationship with community members in the project location

8. Global Grants Scope for Maternal and Child Health
Capacity Building
Scholarships
Vocational Training
Supporting graduate- level studies in programs related to maternal and child health
Initiatives that improve capacity of existing community initiatives or local women’s groups pertaining to maternal and child health
Training and “train the trainer” activities for doctors, nurses, community health workers, skilled birth attendants, and other maternal and child health professionals and leaders
There are many types of projects that can be undertaken to help support maternal and child health efforts, such as:
Providing scholarships
Capacity building
Vocational training

9. Global Grants Scope for Maternal and Child Health
Maternal care
Reproductive health
Child mortality
Prenatal, neonatal, and postnatal care
Labor and delivery services
Prevention of maternal morbidity and mortality
Promotion of breastfeeding
Family planning
Prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted disease, including HIV/AIDS, HPV, etc.
Education on sexual health
Education and training to reduce the incidence of morbidity and mortality of children under the age of five, including:
Immunization
Malnutrition prevention
Lifesaving surgeries to address congenital problems
Rotary supports activities and training to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality for children under five.
The Rotary Foundation enables Rotarians to improve the health of mothers and children by:
Reducing the mortality and morbidity rate for children under the age of five
Reducing the maternal mortality and morbidity rate
Improving access to essential medical services, trained community health leaders and health care providers for mothers and their children
Supporting studies for career-minded professionals related to maternal and child health

10. Maternal and Child Health Resources
Communities in Action: A Guide to Effective Projects
Please take some time to check out these maternal and child health resources. They provide great information you can use to start your next maternal and child health project. Go to the Rotarian Action Group for Population and Development website at
Community Assessment Tools
An Introduction to Vocational Service
Rotarian Action Group for Population and Development

11. Global Grant Resources
Terms and Conditions for Rotary Foundation District Grants and Global Grants
Grant Management Manual
Areas of Focus Policy Statements
Rotary’s Areas of Focus
Also, check out these global grant resources when you are considering your next project. You can find all documents at rotary.org.
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