Being born in a safe and loving home with care from a #midwife International Confederation of Midwives is surely the best investment in our future!

This week I served Dutch traditional ‘beschuit-met-muisjes’ to my colleagues at Maternity Foundation to mark the birth of my grandson ❤️.

I am over the moon!

It will be great to join PMNCH again, now in my new capacity representing Maternity Foundation as a part of the #NGO constituency. I so look forward to meeting old and new friends 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼!

#PartnersForChange #TechForGood #ForEveryWomanChildAdolescent

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We have released two new modules on antenatal- and postnatal care in French in the Safe Delivery App to support French speaking midwives and other healthcare pros in providing quality care before & after birth. To date, we have reached more than 400k+ healthcare pros worldwide.

We are proud to join the PMNCH alliance to further elevate the maternal, newborn, and child health agenda together with 1,300+ partners across nearly 130 countries.

We are #PartnersForChange #ForEveryWomanChildAdolescent

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Meeting UNFPA ED Kanem today, Danish State Sec. for Development Policy Lotte Machon reaffirmed 🇩🇰’s commitment to advancing #SRHR for all women and girls!

Engaging discussions as we approach the important landmark #ICPD30 .

Thank you GroupCare1000 for inviting me Maternity Foundation as member International External Advisory Board to final Consortium Meeting with Charles Agyemang & Mastoera Sadan. Your impact in Ghana, Suriname, Kosovo, Belgium, UK, the Netherlands is impressive.

Bravo 👏🏽 to #groupcare

To celebrate #SafeMotherhoodDay in India we, in collaboration with National Health Mission, Uttarakhand, are hosting a Safe Delivery App webinar for healthcare pros. We have been partnering with the Indian government since 2017 to ensure safer births in India. Happy राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षित मातृत्व दिवस

We feel the same way! ❤️

On  #WorldHealthWorkerWeek , we want to celebrate Kemal Hassan and all the other amazing midwives and other healthcare professionals across the world that provide lifesaving care for mothers and babies.

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LISTEN: Sadia Jahan Rothi, Bangladesh on #ThePowerofStories podcast by SayItForward.org 💙🤍💜 ➡️ girlsglobe.org/2024/04/04/sad…

Sadia Jahan Rothi 💞

Over the past year 2023 the Midwife in Action’s Association Burundi has twinned with the National Midwives Association of Uganda in an ICM supported Twin to Win Project
here is a selected twinning expert from Burundi in training from November 2023 to September 2024.

Weak leadership in the context of midwifery has been linked to a range of scandals and adverse outcomes … but what does strong midwifery leadership look like? Our international appreciative inquiry aimed to find out: doi.org/10.1016/j.midw…

Last week, we hosted an event for the launch of new modules on antenatal care and gestational diabetes mellitus, with support from World Diabetes Foundation, in the Indian version of the Safe Delivery App. Attendees included National Health Mission MadhyaPradesh, underlining our partnership with the Indian Gov.

Launching new modules on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and antenatal care (ANC) in the Safe Delivery App in India! With support from WDF, we are supporting the Indian Gov.’s ongoing efforts to improve gestational diabetes care for mothers.

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We're expanding accessibility of maternal and newborn healthcare by adding new modules, safe abortion and perinatal mental health, to the Safe Delivery App in Spanish. With over 400K users, we're dedicated to providing essential training tools for midwives and healthcare pros 📱

Maternity Foundation is proud to support the Ethiopian government’s innovative midwifery programme to provide safer births for mothers and newborns in remote, fragile areas.

Thanks to the Ethiopian MoH, Afar RHB, UNICEF , UNFPA and others.

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This week our CEO Anna Frellsen met HM The Queen of DK, State Sec. for Development Policy at Udenrigsministeriet Lotte Machon and UNFPA's Nordic Rep Office Director Ulla Elisabeth Muller, discussing maternal health progress and solutions for safer births.

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Last week, a Maternity Foundation delegration visited Ethiopia to document, learn, and further develop our work in the crisis-affected Afar region.

Here, we support Ministry of Health in rolling out a flagship midwife catchment-based mentorship programme together with UNFPA & UNICEF

Women live longer than men, but also spend 25% of their lives in poor health. How much could the global economy be boosted if we closed the women’s health gap? Watch the video to find the remarkable answer!

Report by World Economic Forum & McKinsey & Company Health Institute: bit.ly/4cf9jpl