Description

Maternal and child health (MCH) care is the health service provided to mothers (women in their child bearing age) and children. The targets for MCH are women in their reproductive age groups i.e. 15-49 years of age, children, school age population and adolescents. Throughout the world, especially in the developing countries, there is an increasing concern and interest in maternal and child health care. This commitment towards  MCH care gains further strength after the world Summit for children, 1991, which gave serious consideration and outlined major  areas to be addressed in the provision of maternal and child health care services. AFCHD will partner with government and communities to support the provision of MCH care in the communities.

This is important because mothers and children make up over 2/3 of the whole population. Women in reproductive age (15-49) constitute 21%, pregnant women 4.5%, children under 15, 47% children under 5, 18%, under 3, 12% and infants, 4%. This working estimate will help AFCHD in project planning and implementation.