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January 2006 |
Kissy Health, Maternity Center unveils new Web site
The United Methodist Church Health and Maternity Center in Kissy, a suburb of Freetown, Sierra Leone now has a Web site. It contains an abundance of facts and information about the center, including a list of statistics about patients in Sierra Leone such as:
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90 percent of Kissy patients who have their blood tested at Kissy have malaria.
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144 out of 1,000 women die from childbirth or pregnancy in Sierra Leone.
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No women have died during childbirth at Kissy for more than three years.
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3,000 babies were delivered at Kissy in 2004
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400 women attend Kissy's prenatal classes each week.
This information, along with much more on the center, can be found at Kissy's new Web site. It features sections for maternity and nourishment, staff profiles, personal testimonies and information on how to volunteer. Log on to http://gbgm-umc.org/health/kissy.
Hoosier United Methodists partner with the Kissy Clinic through Operation Doctor, an Indiana Area United Methodist-related mission. For more information about Operation Doctor, log on to www.operationclassroom.org.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008