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Cote d’Ivoire has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. In Braffoueby – a small, rural village located fifty miles northwest of the capital, the community faces chronic poverty and a crippling health care system resulting from years of civil war.

Qualified doctors and educated and skilled midwives in the region are few, and finding health care centers equipped with the basics like gloves, water, and electricity is an even greater challenge. Women lack preventive care and births are often un-attended resulting in an alarming rate of women and children dying in labor due to complications. HIV/AIDS, malaria, diarrhea and other diseases also dominate, creating unsafe and unsanitary conditions for women and children who have minimal access to the benefits of disease treatment and proper nutrition.

  • Funding to access life-saving preventive and obstetric care

  • Fight maternal and infant mortality
  • Educate and train the clinic’s dedicated midwives and nurses
  • Tackle preventive diseases like typhoid and diarrhea
  • Treat and control symptoms of Malaria

ICMC’s proven impact is based on a foundation of working with local leaders, the Ministry of Health, and a network of local health clinics and NGOs. With a continued commitment to educating women about their health rights and implementing life-saving interventions, ICMC is devoted to helping The Patricia Nau Clinic thrive and support future generations.

Ivory Coast Mothers and Children is governed by a committed and active US-based Board of Directors responsible for the organization’s financial management and strategic direction:

President, Anna Erlandson, Master of public and global health, NYU
Vice president is Dabney Close, Masters of public and global health NYU
Treasurer, Kevin Kelly / Director, D&S Communications
Secretary, Allyson Dykhuizen / Founder, Holla Knits
Executive Director, Patrica Mertz / Founder of ICMC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS • United States

The Patricia Nau Clinic is overseen by a management committee made up of community leaders and clinic staff to steer the progress and success of the clinic’s daily operations, accounting, and evaluation of the community’s health needs.

Konan Theodore Yao
Maxelysee Kouaho (Oscar)
Kre Felix Mel
Kre Marc Mel
Blaise Gnangbi

PATRICIA NAU CLINIC MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE • Cote d’Ivoire

CLEAN WATER

The Sink & Handwashing Project: Build sinks to enforce and promote good hygiene. Good health starts with clean hands.

VACCINATIONS

Disease Prevention and Treatment: Provide new mothers and their newborns, vaccinations

CAPACITY BUILDING

The clinic serves as a training camp for teams of interns who reside in housing provided by ICMC.

HEALTH CARE

Health Care: Maternal and newborn services are the heart of the Patricia Nau Clinic’s operations.

Giving Tuesday: Annual Giving

ICMC’s proven impact is based on a foundation of working with local leaders, the Ministry of Health, and a network of local health clinics and NGOs. With a continued commitment to educating women about their health rights and implementing life-saving interventions, ICMC is devoted to helping The Patricia Nau Clinic thrive and support future generations.

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