Our Domestic Work

Protection of Maternal and Infant Health

The Maternal and Infant Health Care Program targets at reducing maternal mortality and infant mortality, and improving maternal and child life support and health conditions in poverty-stricken areas. 
The Program carried out 120 action items for maternal and infant health care, the Help Me See project, and the critical illness project.

From the year 2000 to December 31, 2018, the Maternal and Infant Health Care Program received more than 160 million yuan in donations and investment. The Program covered 26 counties (cities and districts) in 11 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) including Yunnan, Chongqing, Fujian, Ningxia, Anhui, Sichuan, Shanxi, Hebei, Hunan, Liaoning and Beijing, benefiting more than 691,000 person-times.

In 2018, the Maternal and Infant Health Care Program invested about 2.76 million yuan, benefiting about 46,000 person-times. Among them, the 120 action items for maternal and infant health care covered 11 counties (cities and districts) of 5 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions), with a total number of beneficiaries at around 26,000 person-times, with rescue mission performed on 30 critically ill pregnant women. The Hearing Aid Project continue to cooperate with the China Hearing and Language Rehabilitation Research Center and benefited 75 hearing-impaired children and 16 parents. The Help Me See Project carried out eyesight screening on 20,000 children in Chengkou County, Chongqing and Yulong County in Yunnan.