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- February 22, 2012
- Maternal health weekend in Winchester
A weekend of events is taking place in collaboration with the White Ribbon Alliance to raise awareness about the health of mothers and babies in the developing world.
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- February 21, 2012
- Join the Movement: Why preventing needless maternal deaths around the world is one of the most urgent imperatives of our time
Did you know that a thousand women a day were dying needlessly in childbirth?
In the future I believe our daughters will ask us this question – and want to know what we did about it.
Until recently, the answer was often “no, I didn’t know”: even well-informed people in the “developed” world did not know that childbirth is one of the biggest killers of women and girls–and their newborns–globally.
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- February 9, 2012
- Tanzania: NGOs Hailed Over Motherhood Bill
Doctors and nurses have hailed Tanzania Women Lawyers Association, Care International and White RIbbon Alliance Tanzania for drafting the Safe Motherhood Bill, saying it will help improve maternal and reproductive health services. If passed, the bill will provide the power to hold authorities responsible for poor health services.
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- January 25, 2012
- Improving Maternal and Newborn Health in Uganda
- In collaboration with WRA Uganda, AMREF Uganda, UNICEF and other partners Safe Mothers Safe Babies has installed twenty six Solar Suit Cases in different health centres and hospitals like Jinja referral, Iganga, Kagadi, Bugiri, Kyampisi Health centre III, Kyetume Health Centre III among others.
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- January 25, 2012
- Empowering Leaders, Building Communities And Working Toward Global Health Equity
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- By Barbara Bush, Huffington Post
- January 24, 2012
- There should be law to ensure safe motherhood services
Interview with Member of Parliament Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba, Safe Motherhood Network Federation Nepal President and WRA Global Board Chair
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- By The Kathmandu Post
- January 22, 2012
- Aparajita Gogoi: For Safe and Healthy Childbirths
An advocate of safe motherhood since 2000, WRA-India National Coordinator and CEDPA India Executive Director Aparajita Gogoi believes that surviving childbirth is a fundamental right of every woman.
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- By Samarpita Mukherjee Sharma, Youth Leader Indian Subcontinent
- January 19, 2012
- The White Ribbon Alliance: 10 Years In
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- By Theresa Shaver, Huffington Post
- January 19, 2012
- Care and Respect Is a Right for Every Expectant Women At Childbirth
Dr. Alphose Butoyi, a gynecologist and midwife Immaculate Kantengwa, both with Kibagabaga Hospital, explain the importance essence of treating mothers during childbirth respectfully.
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- By Doreen Umutesi, The New Times
- January 18, 2012
- Mothers in Zimbabwe detained for maternity care fees
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