Since our inception, Mother's Day has been our biggest attention-grabbing, awareness-building opportunity to rally the troops and engage new audiences to join our efforts to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all moms. For many it's the only time of the year when moms are celebrated and most present in...

I'm returning to Haiti this week with feelings I haven't had on too many of my previous trips -- optimism and pride. When I first visited back in January of 2012 on the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake that leveled the country, I left feeling a sense of awe...

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We're living in miraculous times where connections are made at the blink of an eye,...

A foreword from Christy Turlington Burns: One thing that has become abundantly clear to me as I have advocated for the health and well-being of girls and women over the years is the innate power we each have within us to establish deep connection with one another and heal...

This February contains a plethora of important events -- almost too many to name. There's Valentine's Day, the start of the new Congress, the State of the Union address and several significant opportunities to look back and honor those who have come before us, including celebrations for American History and...

During the past few months we've been talking a lot about distance. We've become slightly obsessed, what with our running challenges for maternal health, inviting people around the country to do marathons or run/walk 5ks with us, and asking readers to check out our short film, The Walk....

Part two of a two-part Q&A between Christy Turlington Burns and Dr. Jessica Zucker about motherhood and mental health around the world. To read part one, click here.

CTB: We often talk about the upside of the global maternal mortality tragedy as being the fact that pregnancy and...

Part One of a two-part Q&A

Ever since I experienced a childbirth complication, after delivering my daughter in 2003, I have been a global maternal health advocate. The focus of No Woman, No Cry, the documentary film I made in 2010 and Every Mother Counts, the...

In the time it takes to read this column, around 70 girls below 18 years old will have been forced into marriage, often with dire consequences. Every three seconds, a girl under the age of 18 is married off. That's 10 million girls every year who are married to older...

The International AIDS Society (IAS) kicked off it's biannual conference in Washington D.C. this week. These meetings are a really big deal for everyone working on the fight against HIV/AIDS, and this year's is especially noteworthy as we gather back here in the U.S. for the first time...

It's a standard of all handwashing posters no matter how elaborate or simple: Wet the hands, use soap, lather, rinse and dry. For many, these posters are an unnecessary reminder of what is already known and a waste of paper. But, these posters do more than jog memories: they offer...

Last week, the maternal health community received some positive news. According to a new report released by the World Health Organization, the number of women who died from pregnancy and childbirth complications dropped to 287,000 in 2010 -- a steep decline from the 358,000 maternal deaths reported in...

No matter where she is from, a mother's happiness will depend on her child's wellbeing. This similarity cuts through all other differences that may exist between mothers living on opposite sides of the world. It means a mother with a healthy child can empathise with another mother's pain at watching...

Note from the bloggers: As fellow music lovers and advocates for improving maternal health, we're joining our voices to let you know about a new CD that will help make a difference in women's lives around the world.

"Daddy, Daddy," a little girl calls out in the background. The strumming...

Every year when February 14th rolls around, I search within for a real connection to the symbol of this over commercialized event we call Valentine's Day. Sure it's a nice gesture to send cards and love notes to our loved ones but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't limit us from...

Christy Turlington Burns, ONE member and founder of Every Mother Counts, shares a resourceful way you can help the world's poorest today.

When was the last time your cell phone saved your life?

In the world's poorest countries, this happens every day. Cell phones help mothers get...

This blog is part 5 of a 5 part series on Partners in Health (PIH) and their work in Haiti. It was co-authored by Erin Thornton, the executive director of Every Mother Counts.

For our final blog on Haiti we wanted to focus on the future of this...

This blog is part 4 of a 5 part series on Partners in Health (PIH) and their work in Haiti.

For those of you who have heard of Paul Farmer, you can probably imagine him trudging for miles to visit patients in their homes in rural Haiti or...

This blog is part 3 of a 5 part series on Partners in Health and their work in Haiti.

According to a well-known Chinese proverb, we are told: "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him...

This blog is part 2 of a 5 part series on Partners in Health (PIH) and their work in Haiti.

We arrived after lunchtime into Cap-Haitien International Airport, leaving behind a rainy cold day in the northeast. From the air, Port-au-Prince resembles many of the neighboring islands in the Caribbean,...