https://www.lhcb-usa.org/our-partners daily 0.75 2018-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535505129572-LWX9EENLINRH75JTS8ZK/map-bangladesh.png Our Partners lorem ipsum dolor sit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535505129572-LWX9EENLINRH75JTS8ZK/map-bangladesh.png Our Partners lorem ipsum dolor sit https://www.lhcb-usa.org/our-work daily 0.75 2018-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535987126811-R53TCOZQ3NB7NCVKS5BX/image28.jpeg Our Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535308854289-HAMYHCJASRVN0GFQE4CC/hc_inpatient_motherandchild600.preview.jpg Our Work - Health Care In 1995 LHCB established a medical facility in the southern village of Dumki with inpatient and outpatient departments. Mobile clinics bring health care to the surrounding villages. The hospital has grown to 44 inpatient beds, with a surgery suite, labor and delivery suite, pharmacy, and laboratory facilities. LHCB treats thousands of patients each year in the hospital, outpatient department and Mobile Clinics in the surrounding villages. In Bangladesh, 92% of mothers deliver at home. In 1996 to reduce the risks of complications during pregnancy and delivery, LHCB established a midwife training program for Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) to assist safe child birth. To date LHCB has trained over 300 TBAs who serve their own community people with confidence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535309062018-XGXX3I78BZ0GYE7QUU7T/Community+Awareness+Meeting.jpg Our Work - Community Development The community development programs of LHCB focus on education. The LHCB staff provides training programs for general health education, gender awareness, and adolescent girls' health education at the hospital and in the surrounding communities. LHCB leads training programs for local farmers teaching better techniques for vegetable gardening, planting of trees, fishponds, poultry and livestock rearing. LHCB runs a Primary School on site with 50 students from the surrounding villages and children of the LHCB staff. The school focuses on English as a Second Language and is a morals based curriculum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535309389487-RX9YXQZ80U25HPGO2ODG/history_entrance1997.jpg Our Work - Hospital entrance 1997 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535309389494-B3CDDE9Y91KNAEZ7MJDD/history_entrance2003.preview.jpg Our Work - Hopsital entrance 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535309389879-8VD0ZODTQBB6W44SJFEQ/history_entrance2006.preview.jpg Our Work - Hospital entrance 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535309389891-TH67UG0U8T7PS64Q5UM1/history_expectantmothers.preview.jpg Our Work - Expectant mothers and their families at the Waiting House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535309390219-CK9K3IAFLW14L65G1RLD/history_groundbreaking2006.preview.jpg Our Work - Groundbreaking for Staff Housing Project - November 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535309390246-3XGVWA7TBMT3C166K543/history_operatingroom.preview.jpg Our Work - Operating Room 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535309390719-GDNVCKDM9FYUZWSHNE69/history_waitinghouse_b.preview.jpg Our Work - Women's Waiting House 2003 https://www.lhcb-usa.org/home-impact daily 1.0 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535308230460-GWUWLCYI9GOZX63LSX7U/Morning+Assembly.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535308366660-FXNNT3IFF3KPH7TB6G07/Dr.+David+%28Small%29.jpg Home - Our Mission in Bangladesh Lutheran Health Care Bangladesh-USA brings hope and promise to the women, children and families in rural southern Bangladesh through our support of Lutheran Health Care Bangladesh (LHCB). 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Most are married and support extended families. They provide patient care in the hospital, operating room, outpatient and mobile clinics, and are involved in patient education and Traditional Birth Attendant Training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535849332846-GQ7XDA1XAM1AT2ZH2LL5/image5.jpeg Give a Gift - Caesarian Section Most women in Bangladesh will deliver their babies at home. But when problems arise they will come to our hospital for help. With the ability of our skilled doctors to perform caesarian sections for high risk situations, we are saving the lives of mothers and babies who might not otherwise survive. Up to 200 caesarian sections are perfomed at LHCB each year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535849482901-GZOFK8SBIOSJPQM44PUY/image22.jpeg Give a Gift - Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) Training 92% of pregnant women in Bangladesh deliver at home unattended by skilled personnel. LHCB started TBA training in 1996 and has trained over 300 TBAs to assist mothers in their villages with safe child birth. In addition to delivering babies, the TBAs work with mothers before and after delivery, instructing them in appropriate health care, immunizations, and infant care. They monitor the pregnant mothers and refer those women with high risk pregnancies to the hospital in Dumki for delivery under close supervision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535849841121-L7RNQEK5W6MFAZE6TRPQ/hc_inpatient_pharmacy.preview.jpg Give a Gift - Labratory Supplies LHCB has made much needed improvements in the laboratory with the addition of more space and the purchase of updated equipment. Our lab personnel are trained in the new procedures, techniques and tests. With improved equipment come increased costs of the supplies and reagents necessary for the new tests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535849823404-NXR9L11703H7TTXLJ1J1/hc_inpatient_mothersandbabies2.preview.jpg Give a Gift - Hospital Equipment/Supplies It is most efficient and economical for LHCB to purchase hospital equipment in country. This practice minimizes import costs and increases longer use of equipment with access to repairs when needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535849958895-82VXJ9GBN6R9VZADBF88/Training+on+Gardening.jpg Give a Gift - Training in Gardening, Fisheries, Poultry and Livestock Rearing LHCB focuses on improving the life and health of the poor women, children and their families in southern Bangladesh. Nearly half the children under 5 years are malnourished, nearly half of the adult women are anemic. Presently LHCB's community development programs focus on educating women and their families teaching improved gardening techniques. There are future plans to provide training and education for fisheries, poultry and livestock rearing. With this training and education the health and well being of the women and their families will be improved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b82eae6e2ccd1174e4df951/1535894139786-77DPDR7318FEC88OMQ7M/image29.jpeg Give a Gift - LHCB's Primary School LHCB runs a Primary School for children in preschool to grade 1. The teaching focuses on English and is a morals based curriculum. LHCB is the only school in the surrounding area to offer education in English making it highly valued in the community. The students are children of LHCB staff members and come from the surrounding villages. 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