Saving Mothers Haiti has the highest maternal mortality rate in the Western hemisphere. An estimated 1 in 285 births will result in a woman’s death, about 16 times higher than in the United States. At Second Mile Haiti’s three Maternity Centers, women will have comprehensive prenatal care, safe births and referrals to a hospital.  

Helping Babies Survive-Safer Births In Haiti, for every 1,000 births, 60 babies will die in the first month of life; 30 will die directly after birth. Others suffer brain damage and are permanently impaired. In Haiti, only 37% of births are attended by a doctor, nurse, or midwife. HUFH has trained more than 850 matrones, […]

Helping Children For every 1,000 babies born in Haiti, 45 will die before reaching their first birthday and 58 will not live past 5 years of age. The Kairam Clinics for Children will now provide preventative pediatric care to over 1000 babies born at Second Mile Haiti Maternity Centers each year.

Fighting Malnutrition Malnutrition, a preventable and curable disease, affects one in five children in Haiti. 30% of the population is considered food insecure.  Second Mile Haiti’s malnutrition programs provide both outpatient support and residential treatment for mothers and children with malnutrition.