by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Parenting

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 By: Jeffrey Bates and Prudence Chaiban, UNFPA
 
 
Disaster can strike anywhere, changing lives forever. Basic needs including food, shelter and medical care go unmet. Women and girls are often the worst affected. In addition to facing an increased risk of gender based violence, they frequently lose access to reproductive healthcare.
Being pregnant during a disaster can turn a difficult situation into a nightmare. To meet the maternal health needs of pregnant women, UNFPA initiated the Safe Birth Even Here campaign in 2012, which was relaunched in 2016. This program works in areas of crisis and conflict where health services such as antenatal care and skilled birth attendants can be hard to come by. Along with prenatal visits, safe birth and postnatal care, baby boxes are provided to help infants survive, particularly in the first days and weeks, when they're most at risk.
This is a baby box. It provides protection to babies for the first six to eight months of their life. This baby box contains a waterproof mattress, a baby blanket, some clothing? including a baby sleep sack and a tote bag? and a few other essentials for a newborn ...