About Us

Who We Are

Abiye Maternal and Child Health International Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization with the aim of providing up-to-date evidence-based life-saving knowledge and skill to frontline health workers in communities across Nigeria.

Our mission is to help contribute to health system strengthening and quality improvement for maternal and new born care.

AMCH was registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria since 2013. Her Founder, Dr. E. A. Disu demonstrated
passion for reaching out to vulnerable children since her high school days and the desire to get involved in voluntary work with the aim of caring for both mother and child. Abiye which literally means safe delivery was the preferred name as it clearly defines the main purpose of the foundation.

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OUR MISSION

To help contribute to health system strengthening and quality improvement of maternal and new born care in Nigeria.

OUR VISION

To end preventable maternal and new-born deaths by ensuring that every delivery is attended by a skilled healthcare worker and to provide prompt quality healthcare for the less privileged and vulnerable

Since childhood, Elizabeth found herself as an advocate for the vulnerable. She is attracted to care for needy especially at the extremes of life – infants and aged. Up till date, she feels attracted to them. In 2004, Latter Day Saint Charities (LDSC) introduced Neonatal Resuscitation Training (NRT) in Lagos. She promptly and vigorously pursed its implementation in Lagos Public Health Sector. She approached the then Permanent Secretary, Jide Idris with a proposal. This led to the first training of Neonatal Resuscitation Program at the Lagos State public health facilities at First Foundation at Opebi in Ikeja in 2005 sponsored by the Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) to train healthcare workers in the public sector. This training was subsequently conducted 6-monthly at LASUTH and was well subscribed. It was adopted by the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) and was made their pre-conference workshop in 2008.

NRT Training

NRT training was subsequently conducted 6-monthly at LASUTH and was well subscribed. It was adopted by the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) and made its pre-conference workshop in 2008. Dr Disu has since co-ordinated these trainings for PAN till date. As at 2015, a total of 1,679 doctors and nurses had been trained directly and more than 25000 step-down trainings have been reported. Today, NRT has been propagated throughout the country following its adoption by PAN. The need to make it have grass roots reach, strengthened her desire to have a foundation focused on strengthening the knowledge of care givers on maternal and child health issues. AMCH had its maiden training in LASUTH in March 2016. Prior to this, the following activities had been undertaken by the Foundation:

Some of our Achievements

Co-sponsorship of 3 nurses and 2 doctors (a Consultant Paediatrician and a Senior Registrar, Paediatrics) to India in July/August 2015

Payment of various hospital bills for patients and rehabilitation of HIV patients

Donation of medical equipment to the children emergency and neonatal units in LASUTH.

Our Objectives

TRAINING

To train health care workers involved in pre and post natal care of the mother and her infant on courses such as Emergency Obstetric Care, Helping Babies Breathe, Essential Newborn Care and Kangaroo Mother Care.

PUBLIC HEALTH AWARENESS

To promote the understanding and knowledge of health through collaborative efforts with other non-governmental organizations, individuals, and cooperate bodies whose interests or objectives align with AMCH to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care .

QUALITY HEALTH CARE

To provide support for improved health care delivery for pregnant women, and newborn, infants through services cutting across care, research and funding, to all tiers of government, local and international communities.

ADVOCACY

To recommend quality maternal-newborn care policies and activities to the general public through, active communication with decision-makers in order to meet the needs of diverse local populations.

COLLABORATIONS

To bridge local and international expertise, resources, and stakeholders with the aim of reducing maternal and child mortality at local, national, and global levels