Contributor Posts

By: Kenny Simbaya, White Ribbon Alliance Citizen Reporter On September 25, 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, 193 Member States of the UN unanimously adopted the post-2015 development goals christened Sustainable Development Goals…

By: Julianne Weis, Maternal Health Consultant Sustainable Development Goal 10, to reduce inequality within and among countries, stands out as one of the most pressing and challenging obstacles of our generation. Since the Alma Ata Declaration was signed…

By: Winfred Ongy, White Ribbon Alliance Member and Citizen Reporter In Uganda, my home country, 17 mothers and 106 newborns die every single day during pregnancy and childbirth. The government has promised to improve maternal and newborn health, but…

By: Judith Helzner, Visiting Scientist, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Margaret Greene, Director, GreeneWorks In September 2015, the importance of addressing the needs of adolescents was affirmed at the launch of…

By: Aparajita Gogoi, Executive Director, CEDPA India and National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance India; Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers When women discover they are pregnant, they often turn to a small, trusted group of family…

By: Tricia Bolender, Faculty and Senior Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement This month on October 10th, we celebrate Mental Health Day. Indeed, there is much to celebrate, from the development of the WHO’s Comprehensive Mental…

In South Africa, 47% of pregnant women and 34% of women after birth in low-income settings experience maternal depression. Despite the high prevalence, there is no state-provided programmatic response. Resolved to develop a meaningful response to this…

This blog post starts in Goa. Not at the white beaches, but in the antenatal clinic at Asilo hospital in Mapusa where women in all stages of pregnancy are queuing up for antenatal check-ups. It is one of the busy days at the hospital, with women…

In Madagascar—where women face a 1 in 43 lifetime risk of maternal death—community mobilisation can improve maternal health outcomes. In rural areas, clinics and hospitals are located far from many villages, which means that transport in emergency…

By: Arianna Taboada, Independent Research Consultant; Lauren French Hoy, Professional Midwife and Independent Research Consultant, MSM, CPM Last month, the Mexican Association of Midwifery (Asociación Mexicana de Partería or AMP) held their first…