March of Dimes mom & baby mobile health center

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Description: The March of Dimes today unveiled the first of three "Mom and Baby Mobile Health Centers" that will bring much-needed medical care to pregnant women, new mothers, and babies in areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Mobile Health Centers were paid for with a $3 million gift from the people of Qatar as part of the $100 million Qatar Katrina Fund. The Fund was established by the Amir of Qatar, H.H. Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, in September 2005 to provide direct assistance to people and institutions in most dire need in the wake of the storm. The New Orleans Mobile Health Centers will be staffed by the Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans (DCSNO) and partnering agencies of the Partnership for Access to Health Care (PATH) and will begin operations in March. This collaborative effort made possible by the March of Dimes and its partners is unprecedented and unique for the greater New Orleans region and hopefully will be a model for others to follow.