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How this NGO is facilitating emergency delivery response for labour women

Abubakar Abdulrasheed

March 15, 2023 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

Raise Foundation provides transportation to hospitals for women in labor in rural, hard-to-reach areas that lack access to healthcare centers. Through its tricycle ambulance service, the organization has helped over 230 expectant mothers have a safe delivery.

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Lagos breast milk bank is cultivating a culture of donation among new mothers

Sola Abe

March 14, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Milk Bank Nigeria provides donor breast milk for sick, low birth weight and premature babies in neonatal ICUs across the country to reduce mortality in preterm babies. The Milk Bank Nigeria launched in August 2022 and as of Decemeber the organization had registered four donors who had supplied 33 liters of breast milk.

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Birth centers have never been more popular, but struggle to remain viable. How some midwives are changing the system.

Anna Claire Vollers

March 13, 2023 |

Reckon |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Organizations like Elephant Circle and community-led efforts are working to ensure birth centers have the money and resources to keep their doors open. These organizations help birth centers transition into fully nonprofit organizations that can accept donations from investors and fundraising to continue providing services to those in need of care.

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Meet the all-female ‘disease detectives' revitalising their nation's health

Peter Yeung

March 01, 2023 |

The Telegraph |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Mymensingh District

Teams of Shasthya Shebikas, female community volunteers, are spread across the country providing door-to-door healthcare services to those in need who often struggle to access care. This community healthcare system, in partnership with the local government and other area NGOs, provides free or low-cost care to about 80 million people each year and has seen dramatic health improvements in terms of infant and maternal mortality and vaccination rates.

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Mississippi Evangelicals Prepare to Welcome Dobbs Babies

Adam MacInnis

February 13, 2023 |

Christianity Today |

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Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Embrace Grace is a 12-week program that supports single parents and women facing unplanned pregnancies and works to coach churches to be more accepting and open their doors and their hearts to those in need, specifically in the wake of the Dobbs. V. Jackson and Roe v. Wade overturn. There are currently about 20 churches across the state involved in the program.

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How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women

Sanket Jain

February 03, 2023 |

MIT Technology Review |

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Response Location: India, Ganeshwadi Village, Maharashtra

Accredited social health activists (ASHA) travel throughout Indian villages to combat medical misinformation — specifically among pregnant people — and make public healthcare more accessible. ASHAs connects with over 60% of the women in the villages she serves via WhatsApp, sharing educational videos to avoid the harmful effects of misinformation. As a result, ASHAs have had a massive impact on maternal mortality rates. In 2006, the maternal mortality rate was 254 deaths per 100,000 live births, but in 2020 it dropped to 96 per 100,000 births.

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How breast milk banks could avert the next formula crisis

Sushma Subramanian

January 30, 2023 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Amidst the ongoing formula shortage, breast milk donations to milk bands are helping hospitals care for vulnerable newborns. Milk banking started in Brazil in the 1980s, and today the country runs 228 of the 750 milk banks around the world.

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Many ERs offer minimal care for miscarriage. One group wants that to change

Patrick Adams

January 04, 2023 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

TEAMM Project — short for Training, Education and Advocacy in Miscarriage Management — is a nonprofit that hosts workshops for healthcare providers in more than 100 sites in 19 states on everything they need to know about miscarriage care. Miscarriage care is often lacking in emergency rooms, which can be dangerous for the person having a miscarriage. To remedy this, TEAMM Project educates and advocates for the use of manual vacuum aspiration kits, training providers on how to use them.

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Non-Profit Works to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality

Victor Christopher

December 30, 2022 |

Nigeria Info FM |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

The Center for Human Rights and Civic Education launched an outreach program that aims to improve maternal and child healthcare by spreading information on the importance of antenatal sessions and care. The nonprofit also has a weekly radio program to further spread information about this important care. The program started in 2017 and has since held 28 outreach events with healthcare providers and community members.

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Doulas Work on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

Hannah Docter-Loeb

December 30, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

As the climate crisis exacerbates the present maternal health crisis, doulas are stepping in to provide guidance to parents and families in need. Because doulas spend more time with clients than other clinical staff does, they’re better equipped to refer clients to resources like lawyers, therapists, and OB-GYNs, while also completing wellness checks and ensuring parents have the necessities to meet their children’s needs.

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