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Elderly in Nigeria

A majority of elderly people lack retirement funds and the support of their children is lost when their children move far away to pursue better financial opportunities. The elderly suffer, due to lack of contact, and consequently experience malnutrition and insufficient medical care.

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Children in Nigeria

Over 7 million school-age children do not go to school, and over 17% dropout school due to poverty.

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Lack of Healthcare

Access to common healthcare services that support the young, pregnant and the elderly are sorely lacking throughout Nigeria, especially in rural communities.

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Children Mortality Rate

Approximately 1 million Nigerian children under the age of five die from easily preventable and treatable diseases.

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Preventable Health Conditions

Every year thousands of women, children and elders die from preventable health conditions such as iron deficiency, anemia, diarrhea, lack of prenatal care, childbirth and a variety of infectious diseases.

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HIV in Nigeria

Children under the age of 15 year old become infected with HIV mainly through mother to child transmission. This occurs when an HIV positive mother passes the virus to her baby.

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Children in Nigeria

Over 7 million school-age children do not go to school, and over 17% dropout school due to poverty.

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Children Mortality Rate

Approximately 1 million Nigerian children under the age of five die from easily preventable and treatable diseases.

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Girls in School

Many parents in Nigeria are so poor that they pull their children out of school, especially girls, contributing to the 7 million children that do not go to school and the 17% drop out.

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Women and Healthcare

85% of women have no access to any type of healthcare in Nigeria.

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In rural communities

over 85% have no access to healthcare.

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Over 45% of women give birth in their homes in rural areas

Every year thousands of pregnant women and children die from preventable causes such as failed home childbirth, hunger, anemia, malaria, and a variety of infectious diseases.

Women with HIV

who take antiretroviral medication during pregnancy as recommended can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to their babies to less than 1%.

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The most common route of HIV transmission is from mother to child

during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding is.

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Without treatment

the likelihood of HIV passing from mother-to-child is 15-45%. The most common causes of maternal death are obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, and eclampsia.

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MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY

In Nigeria the incidence of maternal and infant mortality is more than 90% in addition to hunger, poverty, and malnutrition.

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PREVENTABLE AND TREATABLE DISEASES

Five hundred thousand Nigerian women die from easily preventable and treatable diseases and pregnancy related complications annually.

Preventative Health in Nigeria-Africa

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

100% of donations made to Merciful Hearts Foundation directly help poor pregnant women, infants, and children who do not receive medical care.

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Year(s) 2019-2020

MHF carried out a community outreach program and provided medical services to 296 pregnant women and sick infants ...
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Year(s) 2018-2019

Merciful Hearts Foundation (MHF) provided pre and post-natal care and medical services to 68 pregnant women. Besides providing ...
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Year(s) 2016-2017

Merciful Hearts Foundation (MHF) provided pre and post-natal care and medical services to 120 out of 250 pregnant women who ...
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Year 2015

Merciful Hearts Foundation (MHF)  provided pre and post-natal care and medical services to 125 pregnant women. Besides providing pre and ...
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Year 2014

41 pregnant women received pre and post-natal care and other medical services 41 pregnant women 41 women delivered ...
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Year 2013

39 pregnant women received pre and postnatal care. 1 infant was jaundiced.1 infant was a premature baby.1 pregnant woman ...
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Year 2012

In March 2012- Emeka and Nweze carried out fundraising activities with Bergner’s Department Store. They sold $400-coupon booklets ...
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Year 2011

46 pregnant women receive prenatal supplements and medical services. MHF carried out a community outreach that provided medical ...
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Year(s) 2020-2021

November 2021/Merciful hearts foundation inc This year MHF carried out a community outreach program on November 13th, 2021. ...
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YEAR(S) 2022-2023

MHF conducted a community outreach program and enrolled 31 out of 156 women for pre-and post-natal care on ...
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