Casa Materna Atitlán

Casa Materna Atitlán is rated 3 out of 5 in the category medical practice. Read and write reviews about Casa Materna Atitlán. Mission The Casa Materna Project seeks to provide critically needed medical services and education to impoverished mothers and babies in the rural mountain region of San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala. Due to the remoteness of the area, the lack of affordable maternal and newborn medical services, and the traditional preference for home births, this region has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios (338 per 100,000 live births) in the Western hemisphere. Our goal is for all the women of the San Juan La Laguna area to have an affordable, accessible and safe place to deliver their babies and thereby decrease fetal and maternal mortality in the region. Vision To decrease maternal and fetal mortality by establishing a community owned birthing center called a Casa Materna. A Casa is staffed at all times by skilled birth attendants who speak the local Mayan language and who welcome the participation of the culturally preferred comadronas. The birth attendants are trained to identify high risk pregnancies and the Casa will provide transportation for high risk and emergency cases to the hospital 1.5 hours from San Juan.