To the inner city, SANA’s team, traveled. Today's mission was in collaboration with the "Charitable Ladies' Union" and took the team into the heart of the city, the Tabbaneh area, the locale of Tripoli's largest "Farmer's Market". And in spite of the roaring wind and pouring rain, the team was warmly met by the eager mothers-to-be as they gathered at the local headquarters of the "Charitable Ladies' Union"...
As is customary, the mission commenced with an educational session addressing the attendees concerns regarding all issues pertaining to pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
Subsequently, thorough medical evaluations were carried out: from the basic weight and blood pressure, to the anemia and diabetes screening, and finally to sonographic assessment of the future generation…
All nutritional supplements today were the generous donation of Levant Alie Houses S.A.L.
Most of our patients ranged in age from 17 to 45, 42% were on their first pregnancy, in the second to ninth month of pregnancy, and 33% had had no prenatal care and 8% had had a prior home birth and were planning a home birth. Of the patients tested, 50% had anemia and were given the proper dietary supplementation. Today, what was striking to SANA’s team was the high percentage of mothers, 25%, who had suffered through multiple neonatal deaths due to various maternal and fetal conditions. As such, much time was spent discussing the workup and preventive measures to those catastrophic outcomes...
And after a most rewarding mission, future dates were set for the next visit to the Tabbaneh area and SANA's team returned to basecamp, in the heartland of what was previously known as the “Basateen Area”, that is the orange-grove center of Tripoli, and what has given it its alter name as Fayha', the Arabic for "fragrant city"...
To the inner city, SANA’s team, travelled, in collaboration with the "Charitable Ladies' Union", into the heart of the city, the Tabbaneh area, the locale of our largest "Farmer's Market". And inspite of the roaring wind and pouring rain, the team was warmly met by the eager mothers-to-be as they gathered at the local headquarters of the "Charitable Ladies' Union"...
As is customary, the mission commenced with an educational session addressing the attendees concerns regarding all issues pertaining to pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
Subsequently, thorough medical evaluations were carried out: from the basic weight and blood pressure, to the anemia and diabetes screening, and finally to sonographic assessment of the future generation…
All nutritional supplements today were the generous donation of Levant Alie Houses S.A.L.
Most of our patients ranged in age from 17 to 45, 42% were on their first pregnancy, in the second to ninth month of pregnancy, and 33% had had no prenatal care and 8% had had a prior home birth and were planning a home birth. Of the patients tested, 50% had anemia and were given the proper dietary supplementation. Today, what was striking to SANA’s team was the high percentage of mothers, 25%, who had suffered through multiple neonatal deaths due to various maternal and fetal conditions. As such, much time was spent discussing the workup and preventive measures to those catastrophic outcomes...
And after a most rewarding mission, future dates were set for the next visit to the Tabbaneh area and SANA's team returned to basecamp, in the heartland of what was previously known as the “Basateen Area”, that is the orange-grove center of Tripoli, and what has given it its alter name as Fayha', the Arabic for "fragrant city"...
