Understanding the urgent need for 'portable' incubators in Ukraine and other war-torn countries, and the innovative, woman-led company that invented and distributes them.
In early March, an apparent Russian strike damaged and destroyed a hospital in Mariupol, a city in southern Ukraine. According to The New York Times, “seventeen people were injured, including staff members and maternity ward patients.”
Over 1,000 women give birth in Ukraine every day. Since the war started, hospitals are one of many necessary facilities being targeted. Because of the dangers of pregnancy and giving birth in a war zone, thousands of babies are being born with no health support, and in dangerous conditions. “Primarily, we are in need of transportable incubators for these babies who are in intensive care,” head of the Perinatal Center in Kharkiv, Ukraine, told Fox.
ADVERTISEMENT "Preterm and underweight babies aren't able to regulate their own body temperature; they require incubators to help them survive." Embrace Global is a nonprofit whose mission focuses on one thing: saving babies around the world. “Infant mortality is one of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals that we have made the least progress on,” Co-Founder Jane Chen stated in a Fox News interview. “This has to be a priority.” And Embrace has made it a priority. How? With incubators. Incubators are usually used in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in hospitals.
Embrace has already sent 200 of their incubators to Ukraine, but right now, they are raising $600,000 in funds to donate 3,000 more. You can donate online, and raise awareness on social media platforms. The incubators will be donated to UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and other nonprofits, working on the ground in Ukraine.Dakotah Jennifer is a senior at WashU who is ready to graduate. She started creative writing at eight and has loved it ever since.
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