Past Programs
TIBETAN AUTONOMOUS REGION
One Heart Worldwide, previously One H.E.A.R.T. (Health Education and Research in Tibet) initially established a pilot program in Medro Gongkar County, one of the poorest of the 73 counties in the Tibetan Autonomous Region in the People’s Republic of China. In 2005, due to the success of our work in Medro Gongkar, the local Health Bureau asked that our programs be expanded into neighboring Dulung County.
During our time in Tibet, One Heart World-Wide experienced a number of significant successes. In collaboration with the local Health Bureau, we were able to decrease unattended home births from 85% to 20% over the last ten years, mostly by ensuring the presence of a skilled attendant at delivery. In 2008, in the two counties where we were working, the Lhasa Prefecture Health Bureau reported no maternal deaths and newborn death rates dropped from 10% to 3%, over the 10 years since the start of our project.
After 2008, to insure long-term program sustainability, One Heart World-Wide turned over the responsibility of continuing our life-saving programs to our local team. This group of dedicated and well-trained Tibetan colleagues have established themselves as the Lhasa Prefecture Maternal Child Health Association (LPMCHA) and registered as a local non-profit organization. To this day, the LPMCHA successfully continues to implement our programs and model in the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
