What is Project Eliminate?

Kiwanis International joined Project Eliminate in 2011. Project Eliminate will end in the summer of

2015. The objective of this global project is to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) from the face of the Earth. Kiwanis International,

along with Key Club, has partnered with UNICEF to eliminate MNT. Over 100 million mothers will be

immunized by the end of this project.

What is MNT?

MNT stands for maternal and neonatal tetanus, which is a horrendous disease that has taken the

lives of many infants and mothers. In 2010, it killed 58,000 newborns. MNT is caused because of

insufficient immunization services, the absence of clean delivery services, and improper care of a

mother while giving birth. Once a mother or child contracts the disease, the fatality rate can be as

high as 100%. With proper hospital care, the fatality rate is between 10% and 60%.

How Do We Eliminate?

Elimination of MNT starts with you! A small donation of $1.80 saves one mother and all of her future

children. This money will cover the cost of 3 different vaccine doses that trained vaccinators will give to women of childbearing age. It will take over $110 million to complete Project Eliminate and to

pay for vaccines, syringes, safe storage, transportation, skilled staff, and more. Other ways that MNT can be eliminate are clean birth practices

and proper cord care.

Just the Facts• One baby dies every

9 minutes from neonatal tetanus.

• 160 babies die each day from neonatal tetanus.

• Kiwanis International’s goal is to raise $110 million to eliminate MNT.

• Babies born to vaccinated mothers are immune for the first 2 months of life.

• By the end of this project, 61 million mothers and their babies will be protected.

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Just $1.80 supplies enough vaccines to immunize a mother.

A mother receiving a vaccination to immunize her from MNT

This tetanus bacterium causes

painful side effects, such as, seizures

and painful muscle contractions.

These boxes are used to fundraise around Halloween

time.

Walter Zeller Fellowship is awarded to people or clubs who donate US$1,250 to

Project Eliminate.

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Testing Your Knowledge• What is MNT stand for?Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus• How much money does it take to save

a mother and all of her future children through vaccinations?

$1.80• Whom did Kiwanis International

partner with to eliminate MNT?UNICEF

Testing Your Knowledge

• What award is given to people who raise US$1,250 for Project Eliminate?

Walter Zeller Fellowship• How many vaccines does it take to

immunize a mother?3• What is the LaMissTenn Governor’s

project for the 2014-2015 school year?Project Eliminate

Testing Your Knowledge

• When was Eliminate week 2014?May 5-9• When did Project Eliminate begin?2011• When will Project Eliminate end?2015

Remember that the only way we can

eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus is

with YOUR help!

http://youtu.be/NK9nl-ahHYo

All of this information can be found at

• http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/Libraries/ELIMINATE_Handouts/fact_sheet.sflb.ashx

• http://www.florencekiwanis.com/EliminateProject/By%20the%20numbers%20fact%20sheet.pdf

• http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/en/theELIMINATEproject/home.aspx

• http://sites.kiwanis.org/Kiwanis/Libraries/Handouts_-_MNT_-_EN/The_Eliminate_Project_fundraising_campaign_-_Pocket_Guide.sflb.ashx?download=true

• http://www.unicef.org/health/index_43509.html• http://www.keyclub.org/service/TheEliminatePr

oject.aspx