The Business Call to Action (BCtA) has announced that LifeSpring Hospitals ― a chain of small hospitals providing low-income clients in India with access to maternal and child healthcare services ― has committed to provide an estimated 82,000 Indian women and their families with access to quality healthcare.
In the next five years, LifeSpring will increase the number of hospitals serving mothers and children throughout India from 9 to 200, which will improve overall standards of care and reduce rates of maternal and childhood deaths, according to the UNDP.
FØRSTE SUNDHEDSPARTNER
LifeSpring Hospitals is the first healthcare chain to join the BCtA ―a global leadership platform for companies that leverage core business expertise to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ― a set of eight goals designed to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, and maternal and child deaths by 2015.
Specifically, this initiative will contribute to MDG 5 which seeks to reduce the maternal death ratio by three-quarters.
FORSØMT OMRÅDE
– Meeting the health needs of women and children is especially important as the MDG to improve maternal health has made the least progress so far, said Natalie Africa, the Programme Manager for the Business Call to Action.
– Innovative business models such as LifeSpring Hospitals are helping to make real, sustainable progress by providing women with quality, low-cost healthcare, she added.
FØDSLER RISIKABLE I INDIEN
Women in India often face devastating risks during pregnancy due to poor health, unsafe home births, and inadequate access to quality healthcare.
More than 100,000 pregnancy-related deaths occur each year.
Another 100,000 women suffer from infections due to pregnancy.
KAN UNDGÅS
Most of these deaths and complications could be averted by providing a standardized level of care.
Unfortunately, in much of India, quality healthcare is associated with high prices and is out of reach for many of the country’s poorer citizens.
