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Saving Lives Today, Sustaining Communities Tomorrow |
 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the Maternal Mortality Rate in Tanzania is 578 death per 100,000 live births among mothers compared with 13/100,000 in the USA, 5/100,000 in Japan and 3/100,000 in Finland. The major causes of the MMR are hemorrhage, Eclampsia, obstructed labor, sepsis and unsafe abortions - all preventable. This is catastrophic and unacceptable. Long distances to a health facility in rural villages, lack of transportation, inadequate and limited medical equipment and supplies are reasons given by women for not delivering in a health facility. Please help us purchase village ambulances to transport expectant mothers from their homes to a facility equipped for maternal and newborn care. |
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AHEAD Ships Much Needed Medical Supplies to East Africa |
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AHEAD, INC., Effecting Change---Changing Lives AHEAD, Incorporated, a 503(c) corporation based in Maryland, today shipped a container filled with much needed medical and surgical supplies to Tanzania. As a part of AHEAD's commitment to capacity biulding and healthcare development, since the summer of 2009, AHEAD embarked on a urgent effort to secure and provide needed medical supplies for the medical community in various regions of Tanzania. With the help of friends of AHEAD, various hospitals in the US, Action Teranga and the Honorable Ombeni Y. Sefue, Tanzanian Ambassador to the United States, AHEAD has ship well over 1.5 million dollars worth of medical equipment and materials to assist in improving healthcare delivery to the people of Tanzanian. Today, AHEAD has shipped its' seventh container, capping our aggressive one year effort to tangibly address the immediate needs for equipment and supplies to our friend and partners in Tanzania. This seventh container is moving a varied collection of materials to the coast region of Tanzania; it includes: hemodialysis machines, examination tables, OR tables, computers and printers, cribs, incubators, gloves, scaples and an assortment of other medical and surgical supplies. AHEAD continues to identify viable donor sources to aid in our effort to accomplish this and other projects. We remain in discussions with a variety of organizations in this regard. We welcome any entity or organization that wish to partner with AHEAD in identifying and securing medical supplies, beds, equipment and materials; storage and shipment of said supplies, and financial sponsorship of these efforts. Please contact us via the contact page on this website for further discussions. |
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AHEAD at the United Nations in March 2010 |
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Washington, DC February 16, 2010
AHEAD, Incorporated, a 503(c) corporation based in Maryland, under the banner of the NGO Health Committee, Permanent Mission of Tanzania to the United Nations International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and the Working Group of the NGO Committee on UNICEF has been invited as honored participants of the 54th Commission on the Status of Women sponsored by the United Nations.
Irving C. Willams, MD, MPH and Elvira F. Williams, MS, MBPA, founders and members of the executive board of AHEAD, Incorporated, will be esteemed lecturers at this annual conference, discussing Strategies for Reducing Maternal Mortality in Rural Communities as Experienced in Tanzania. The event will take place at the Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission, 221 East 52nd St, New York, NY 10022, on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, from 2:00p, to 3:30pm. AHEAD, Incorporated is thrill to be able to share our experience and insight in effort to improve the challenged faced by these critically challenged communities. Please do attend. For more information for to
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AHEAD USA >> P.O Box 2049 | Rockville, MD | 20847-2049 
AHEAD Tanzania >> P. O. Box 28078 | Kisarawe, Coast Region | Tanzania
