that the organization's profile is created by the administrator of its Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn accounts, and
to keep handy, the registration certificate, mission/vision statements, logo, contact and remuneration details of team members
Good Health, Fitness & Hygiene
{{contributorFullName}} | 27-05-2016
Our simple, low cost, high quality birth kit supplies are used by midwives in hospitals and other health facility settings during water births. They provide the "Six Cleans" of childbirth to prevent infection, giving women and newborns a healthy and happy start to life.
Ayzh, a social business based in Chennai, India develops and distributes low-cost health products designed to meet the unique needs of women in low-resource settings. The Janma Clean Birth Kit contains simple tools recommended by the World Health Organization to ensure a sterile delivery for mother baby. The basic $3 kit also includes gloves, soap, a blood absorbing under-pad, surgical scalpel, umbilical cord clamp, and cloth to wipe the baby. Ayzh kits come packaged in a biodegradable jute bag that mothers can reuse as a purse. Additionally, Ayzh also provides training to health workers and employment opportunies to local Indian women in assembling Ayzh kits.
Each year, about 3 million newborns die within the first month of life. Infection accounts for over ⅓ of these deaths, often occurring during or after childbirth when sterile supplies are not available at the right place and right time. The Ayzh Janma Clean Birth Kit model is the first of its kind to successfully commercialize clean birth kits using market-based approach, which leveraging extensive market research, customer feedback, product customization, established distribution channels, and strategic partnerships to ensure life-giving, life-saving products to the women who need them most.
Janma Clean Birth Kits are packaged in a biodegradable Jute bag that mothers can reuse as a purse.
These kits providing simple, low-cost tools for a clean and safe birth reducing risk of infection, and thus maternal and infant mortality.
At $3, Janma Clean Birth Kits are a cost-effective solution for pregnant women. Production of Janma also increases economic opportunity for local Indian women who package and assemble the kits.
Implemented in {{project.city}}, {{project.country}} by {{project.orgName}}
