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U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
March 3, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
U.S. Government Advances Public-Private Partnershi to !el Save
Thousands o"
Pre#nant $others and %abies in &ural Tan'ania
On March 2, representatives of the overn!ent of Tan"ania, #$S$
A%enc& for Internationa'Deve'op!ent (#SAID), the *o+afone
Fon+ation, an+ other partners %athere+ in Sen%ere!a to
ce'e-rate a pioneerin% ne. to''/free e!er%enc& 'ine an+
a!-'ance tai service that co'+ he'p
save at 'east 2,00 'ives of pre%nant !others an+ -a-ies in rra'
Tan"ania each &ear$
In the contr&s !ost re!ote re%ions, hi%h/ris pre%nant .o!en
have 'i!ite+ transport options to
access critica' hospita' services that often !ae the +ifference
-et.een 'ife an+ +eath for -oth!others an+ -a-ies$ In response,
#SAID an+ the *o+afone Fon+ation have partnere+ to 'anch
a service in Sen%ere!a an+ Shin&an%a +istricts that co'+
he'p save aron+ 224 .o!ens an+
-a-ies 'ives each !onth$ Si!i'ar to the 511 e!er%enc&
'ine in the #nite+ States, this pro%ra!
connects pre%nant !others .ith a net.or of 100 tai +rivers .ho
respon+ to e!er%enc& ca''san+ tae the .o!en on a three/hor
orne& to reach the nearest hospita'$ Once .o!en arrive
safe'& at a hospita', the e!er%enc& tai +rivers are pai+
sin% *o+afones !o-i'e pa&!ent
service, M/7esa$ A tria' of the tai service 'ate 'ast &ear
in a s!a'' area of Sen%ere!a save+ the'ives of over 300 .o!en an+
-a-ies$
7revios'&, there .as no .a& for pre%nant .o!en .ith
serios co!p'ications (!an& of .ho!are teena%ers) to %et to a
hospita' in Sen%ere!a an+ Shin&an%a$ On'& a-ot 10
a!-'ances
service these epansive re%ions that are ho!e to t.o !i''ion
peop'e, an+ the n!et nee+ for
e!er%enc& transport is one reason !aterna' an+ infant
!orta'it& rates there are a!on% thehi%hest in the .or'+$
The ne. a!-'ance service is part of a -roa+er pro%ra!
i!p'e!ente+ -& 8O partners
7athfin+er Internationa' an+ Toch Fon+ation that has -i't a
net.or of 240 co!!nit& hea'th
.orers in Sen%ere!a an+ Shin&an%a .ho have -een ta%ht
Tan"anias ne.-orn an+ chi'+ hea'thcrric'!$ More than 200 a++itiona'
hea'th .orers have receive+ trainin% in 'ife/savin%
e!er%enc& o-stetric an+ ne.-orn care an+ hospita' faci'ities
have seen i!prove!ents sch as the
constrction of t.o ne. theaters for 9aesarean sections an+
insta''ation of so'ar sitcases thatena-'e hospita's to con+ct ni%ht
+e'iveries$ A !o-i'e app'ication, .hich 'ists !ore than 10,000
pre%nant .o!en an+ i+entifies those .ho are hi%h ris
cases, has a'so -een +eve'ope+ for the
co!!nit& hea'th .orers$
*o+afone Fon+ation Director An+re. Dnnett sai+, :Or !aterna'
hea'th pro%ra! is anotherea!p'e of the transfor!ative po.er of
techno'o%&$ This pioneerin% ne. service .i'' provi+e a
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