The Zonta Club of Jamestown provided 120 birthing kits for the University of Buffalo School of Nursing international medical trip to Peru.
Molli Oldenburg DNP, RN Clinical Associate Professor and the Global Initiatives Coordinator for the School of Nursing led a team of 5 registered nursing students and 5 nurse practitioner students to provide support at a women’s health clinic. Molli is a member of the Buffalo Zonta Club and a personal friend of Mary Rappole, a member of the Zonta Club of Jamestown.
The contents of the birthing kits are very simple – a bar of soap, a new razor blade, new umbilical cord string, plastic protection, and gauze. The use of the birthing kits prevents infection and complications for the mother and infant.
