Bodhi Tree provides clean birth kits (CBKs), as part of their health and nutritional education programming in the Bodhgaya region of India.  They do academic and vocational training as well.  Check them out.

PSI does a ton of amazing work.  In the area of Reproductive Health, they have had some great success:

In 2009 alone, PSI prevented an estimated 3.5 million unintended pregnancies and over 17,000 maternal deaths, and enabled millions of couples to plan their families.

Clean Delivery Kits are just one of the many reproductive interventions offered by PSI. PSI offers clean delivery kits in Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda.

Birthing Kit Foundation (Australia) is committed to enabling women giving birth at home a clean birthing environment.  They also work to set up training programs for traditional birth attendants and health workers.  They have projects in 20+ countries, including Vietnam, Ethiopia, Kenya, Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea.

I’m really interested in the training programs:

Training programmes were initiated in 2005 to complement the distribution of the Birthing Kits. These involved 3 – 5 day training sessions where Traditional Birth Attendants, Health Extension Workers, Village Nurses and health workers were educated in nutrition, general health care, midwifery and issues relating to HIV/AIDS prevention. These programmes were designed by the local people to meet their needs.

This is an incredible resource for anyone — like me –starting a Clean Birth Kit (CBK) project:http://www.path.org/files/MCHN_BDKG_Section_3.pdf

This is a searchable version:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38208259/Basic-Delivery-Kit-Guide

When I read it I will admit that I was totally overwhelmed.  How can I start a CBK  Program?   Answer: I will use the resource, work my butt off and somehow just do it.

Here’s some of what you’ll find:

• setting goals and objectives;

• research phases such as the comprehensive needs assessment, field trial, manufacturer’s survey, and market test; and

• determining kit contents and packaging. The section reviews the difference between essential and nonessential kit components. It also emphasizes the importance of limiting kit contents to minimize costs, ensure affordability, and maintain sustainability

Zonta has the mission of advancing the status of women and has more than 30,000 members worldwide.  

From the website:

Zonta International seeks to advance the status of women worldwide by improving the legal, political,economic, educational, health and professional status of women at the global and local levels through service and advocacy. With the generosity and collective action of Zontians and friends around the world, Zonta International has supported projects in 46 countries, provided scholarships and awards to women around the globe, and been a powerful advocate for change in our local and international communities, thereby transforming the world and women’s place in it.

ZONTA has made and distributed more than a half million kits to 40 countries since 2004.  Members and friends put them together on Assembly Days — with 40 volunteers 2000 kits can be assembled in 4 hours.