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	D-592    Zambia - Mansa Maternal/Child Health Module $12,400 Worldwide, more than 50 million women suffer from poor reproductive health and serious pregnancy-related illness and disability. Women in high-fertility countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have a 1-in-16 lifetime risk of dying from maternal causes compared with women in low-fertility countries in Europe (1-in-2,000 risk) and North America (1-in-3,500 risk). Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa with a population of 10 million, with more than 50% of the population under 15 years of age. Mansa General Hospital, in a district that includes over one million people, established a Pediatric ICU for the first time in 2001 under the supervision of pediatrician and Mansa Rotary Club member, Dr. Jerome Sulubani. Dr. Sulubani, the only pediatrician at Mansa GH and one of only two pediatricians in the entire country, was qualified as a physician in Rome, Italy, and is a Congolese refugee. The hospital is the cornerstone of a wide reaching referral system that involves smaller hospitals and rural health centers, some over 200 km away. Mansa Hospital has 407 inpatient beds and emphasizes pediatric, neonatal and maternal care. This grant would provide an ultrasound machine for the hospital. This item will be shipped in collaboration with our partner, Direct Relief International. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Mansa District: 9210 Primary Contact: Jerome Sulubani Email: suljekit@yahoo.com Check all projects from: [District 9210] [Mansa Rotary Club] [Jerome Sulubani] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: Santa Barbara Sunrise District: 5240 Primary Contact: Janet Napier Email: janetnapier@cox.net Check all projects from: [District 5240] [Santa Barbara Sunrise Rotary Club] [Janet Napier] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Mansa $100 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise $2,500 District 5240 DDF $3,500 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts Rotary Club of Santa Maria $1,000 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $5,300 Total $12,400 Status and Progress Information Completed This project is completed. Project listed for the 2006-07 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #61953. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Jennifer Berg (Jennifer.Berg@rotary.org). This grant has now been fully funded. <23-Aug-06> System Entry Creation of project page. <7-May-07> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <7-May-07> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <1-Dec-07> by Jerome Sulubani Pleased to inform you that the ultrasound machine for Mansa Gen Hospital has been bought and about to be shipped to Zambia in December together with other medical goods, by Direct Relief International (a partner of Rotary Club of Mansa, based in Santa Barbara CA, USA). We shall keep you abreast as soon as this shipment is received by our Club in Mansa. <1-Dec-07> by J. Napier TRF has funded this project. The ultrasound machine has been purchased and should be shipped to Zambia before the end of 2007. <15-Aug-08> by Janet Napier Shipment has arrived in Beira, Mozambique. Delays getting it out of customs for onward shipment to Lusaka then Mansa, Zambia. <2-Mar-09> by Jerome Sulubani(PHF,Director Projects service RC Mansa) Am glad to inform you that the Ultra Sound machine has safely arrived in Mansa General Hospital and put to good use for the community of Luapula province which account 1 million people. This precious medical equipment has several functions in the diagnosis in most of the medical disciplines(Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Internal medicine, Cardiology to cite but a few) Some pictures and brief report of our local radiologist have been sent to Janet Napier of Rotary Club of Santa Barbara , our international partner in this project and am sure that she already sent the final report to TRF. Thank you YIR Jerome Sulubani PHF <11-Nov-09> System Entry Grant status changed to "Completed". Web site design by Philippe Lamoise, D2G Pages, pictures and video on this site © Philippe Lamoise 2001, 2005 This website is a private initiative by Rotarian Philippe Lamoise, Torrey Pines Rotary Club, District 5340, to help the clubs and districts worldwide to do matching grants with The Rotary Foundation.