Clean Birth Kit (CBK) Program

The Clean Birth Kit (CBK) Program allows Global Health Charities to provide training and supplies to childbirth staff in order to improve the safety of both mother and child during the birthing process. Volunteers are able to host or attend a CBK Event, during which, individuals package each CBK to ready them for shipment to remote places in need.

Why Support Global Health Charities?

One Kit Can Save TWO Lives: Mother & Baby

Consider these statistics:

4 million infants die each year
Over 287,000 mothers die each year giving birth
Nine out of 10 of these deaths are preventable
99% of these deaths occur in developing countries
A women’s lifetime risk of maternal death is 1 in 3,700 in a developed country, versus 1 in 160 in underdeveloped countries.

There are many factors involved, but one of the main causes of high neonatal and maternal mortality is infection. GHC Clean Birth Kits contain clean birthing supplies for women and babies giving birth in under-resourced countries, many of whom deliver at home due to distance, poverty, and/or cultural norms.

GHC’s Clean Birth Kits ensure that both mother and baby have a clean birth, whether birthing alone at home, at home with a traditional birth attendant (TBA), or in a clinic with a midwife or TBA.

Each Kit Includes:

One 2 oz. bar of wrapped soap
Two pairs of disposable gloves
Four squares of gauze
Antiseptic wipes
One single-edged razor blade with cardboard safety cover
One cord clamp
One plastic sheet (3’ x 3’)
One infant hat
One 30” x 30” receiving blanket
One birth pictorial

Your donation can save lives! $10 includes a Clean Birth Kit, plus transport expenses from U.S. to remote global community, and then directly into the hands of the mother or birth attendant/midwife.

$10 provides one kit
$30 provides three kits
$60 provides six kits
$120 provides 12 kits
$240 provides 24 kits

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Clean Birth Kits have been delivered to the following countries:

Brazil

CBKs: 1,000

Infant Mortality Rate: 12.9 per 1,000 live births

Colombia

CBKs: 10

Infant Mortality Rate: 11 per 1,000 live births

Congo (DRC)

CBKs: 710

Infant Mortality Rate: 57.4 per 1,000 live births

Dominican Republic

CBKs: 190

Infant Mortality Rate: 21.7 per 1,000 live births

Ethiopia

CBKs: 10

Infant Mortality Rate: 35.7 per 1,000 live births

Guatemala

CBKs: 250

Infant Mortality Rate: 25 per 1,000 live births

Haiti

CBKs: 2,085

Infant Mortality Rate: 40.3 per 1,000 live births

Honduras

CBKs: 101

Infant Mortality Rate: 15.4 per 1,000 live births

India

CBKs: 1,000

Infant Mortality Rate: 30.4 per 1,000 live births

Iraq

CBKs: 511

Infant Mortality Rate: 18.7 per 1,000 live births

Lebanon

CBKs: 350

Infant Mortality Rate: 16 per 1,000 live births

Malawi

CBKs: 100

Infant Mortality Rate: 31.9 per 1,000 live births

Mali

CBKs: 50

Infant Mortality Rate: 57.4 per 1,000 live births

Mozambique

CBKs: 1

Infant Mortality Rate: 45.5 per 1,000 live births

Myanmar

CBKs: 1,850

Infant Mortality Rate: 32.5 per 1,000 live births

Nepal

CBKs: 545

Infant Mortality Rate: 24 per 1,000 live births

Nigeria

CBKs: 7,083

Infant Mortality Rate: 53.7 per 1,000 live births

Pakistan

CBKs: 507

Infant Mortality Rate: 51.5 per 1,000 live births

Palestine

CBKs: 507

Infant Mortality Rate: 12.3 per 1,000 live births

Phillipines

CBKs: 500

Infant Mortality Rate: 22 per 1,000 live births

Rwanda

CBKs: 2,000

Infant Mortality Rate: 30.5 per 1,000 live births

Syria

CBKs: 350

Infant Mortality Rate: 15.1 per 1,000 live births

Tanzania

CBKs: 473

Infant Mortality Rate: 29.6 per 1,000 live births

Thailand

CBKs: 600

Infant Mortality Rate: 6.3 per 1,000 live births

Uganda

CBKs: 1,550

Infant Mortality Rate: 27.6 per 1,000 live births

Ukraine

CBKs: 2,723

Infant Mortality Rate: 8.7 per 1,000 live births

United States

CBKs: 303

Infant Mortality Rate: 9.2 per 1,000 live births for American Indians (versus 5.61 for USA)

Vietnam

CBKs: 50

Infant Mortality Rate: 14.1 per 1,000 live births

Zambia

CBKs: 1,180

Infant Mortality Rate: 35.6 per 1,000 live births

Our Impact:

29 countries

33,500+ kits

58,000+

lives impacted

4,750+

volunteers

15,500+

hours donated

Some of Our Clean Birth Kit Partners