Mama River+: Improving Maternal and Infant Health in Rural Communities in the Peruvian Amazon

The Mama River+ Program aims to address high maternal and neonatal mortality rates, starting in the Peruvian Amazon, by empowering community agents to act as first-level service providers for pregnant women, to ensure adherence to adequate maternal and newborn care. With $1M CAD in grant financing, the Mama River+ Program expects to enroll 1,150 mother-infant pairs living in the extremely impoverished and remote regions of the Peruvian Amazon. Based on the results from the proof of concept study, we expect the Mama River+ Program will increase the number of women initiating antenatal care in the first trimester by more than 60%.