Maternal Mortality

Nicholas Kristof's 'Half The Sky' Movement Takes On Maternal Mortality

Emily Heinz | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Video, Fistula, Half the Sky, Half the Sky Movement, Edna Adan, Women's Health, Africa, Nicholas Kristof, Somalia, Global Motherhood, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

Every 90 seconds, a woman dies giving birth. That's the starting point of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's newest series of films, Half the Sk...

Read Whole Story

Global Motherhood: What Lies Ahead For The Maternal Health Community

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Merck for Mothers, Every Mother Counts, Women Childbirth Deaths, Global Maternal Health, Global Motherhood, Global Children's Health, Women Pregnancy Deaths, Maternal Health, Children's Health, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

The number of women who died from pregnancy and childbirth complications dropped to 287,000 in 2010. However, these latest statistics also point to the fact that much work lies ahead.

Read Post

Maternal Mortality Declines, But Every Mother Still Counts

Erin Thornton | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization, Maternal Mortality Rate, Childbirth, Impact News

New data reveals that the number of women dying due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth continues to decrease, but there remains a huge inequity in maternal health that leaves the poorest countries most burdened.

Read Post

Shh! It's Almost Mother's Day

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Global Maternal Health, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, No Mother's Day, Every Mother Counts, Silent Mother's Day, Christy Turlington Burns, Postpartum-Hemorrhage, Christy Turlington, C-Section Rate in U.S., Global Motherhood, C-Section, Video, Impact News

I was utterly flabbergasted to hear that Christy Turlington Burns, a motherhood advocate, model and mother of a son and a daughter, was calling all mothers to "Just Say No to Mother's Day."

Read Post

Giving Birth Is Not a Laughing Matter

Katey Zeh | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, United Methodist Church, United Methodist, Maternal Health, United Methodist General Conference, Methodists, Family Planning, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

Maternal mortality is a moral tragedy, and there are many factors that contribute to it, including health and cultural barriers. A new resolution calls upon the United Methodist Church to take action to support maternal health and family planning through advocacy and direct services.

Read Post

Why Some Mothers Plan To Disappear On Mother's Day

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: No Mothers Day, Global Motherhood, Mother's Day, Christy Turlington Burns, Celebrity Causes, Maternal Mortality, Video, Parents News

To shine a light on the missing, the charity Every Mother Counts is asking healthy, present mothers everywhere to "disappear" this Mother's Day.

Read Post

No Mother's Day: Every 90 Seconds a Woman Dies Becoming a Mother

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Global Maternal Health, Women's Rights, Christy Turlington Burns, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Mothers Day, Unplanned Pregnancy, Amnesty International, No Mothers Day, Human Rights, Every Mother Counts, Global Maternal Mortality, US Maternal Mortality Rates, Pregnancy Complications, Reproductive Justice, Maternal Mortality, Video, Global Motherhood, Politics News

Every 90 seconds, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from a pregnancy-related complication. This isn't just a "third world" problem. The United States currently ranks 50th in the world for maternal health. It is safer to give birth in Bosnia or Kuwait than in California.

Read Post

Maternal Mortality Rising in the US? What About Mother's Day?

Mary Anne Mercer | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Maternal Death, Early Child Development, Women's Health, Mother's Day, Maternal Mortality Rate, Global Motherhood, Mothers, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

Mother's Day is celebrated in most countries around the world -- mothers everywhere are honored for their central role in maintaining happy families and healthy societies. But in poor countries, Mother's Day is too often a sad time.

Read Post

How A 15-Year-Old Is Changing The Face Of Maternal Mortality In Mexico

Arlene Samen | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Women's Health Care, Infant Mortality Rate, Maternal Mortality Rate, Women's Health, Maternal Health, Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality, One Heart World-Wide, Impact News

Victoria Castro may only be 15 years-old, but this has not stopped her from already having saved several lives.

Read Post

U.K. Mother's Day -- A Cause for Celebration, But Not for All

Nancy Durrell McKenna | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Dfid, Newborns, Stillbirths, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pregnancy, Making It Happen, Childbirth, UK Mother's Day, Safehands for Mothers, Newborn Fatality, Mother's Day, Childbirth Death, Childbirth Complications, Women Childbirth, Neonatal Deaths, Maternal Mortality, Global Motherhood, Impact News

Each year, 358,000 women worldwide die from complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth, there are four million neonatal deaths and three million stillbirths.

Read Post

Teen Moms In Africa Speak Out About Sexual Rights

CNN | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Girls at Risk, Reproductive Rights, Teen Pregnancy, Liberia, Global Motherhood, Girls at Risk Project, Sierra Leone, Teen Pregnancy Africa, Teen Moms, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Maternal Mortality, Teen News

Sierra Leone and Liberia have some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with 15-24 year olds accounting for 40 percent of such deaths...

Read Whole Story

Niger: Food Crisis or Ground Floor Opportunity to Save Mothers and Babies

Jeanne Faulkner | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Niger-Famine, Niger, Famine, Maternal Mortality, Maternal Care, Maternal Child Care, Impact News

Ask a woman when she was hungriest, she might say when she was pregnant or breastfeeding. I drove to McDonald's where I was seduced by a filet-o-fish sandwich. In contrast to what's happening in Niger, I wasn't hungry at all.

Read Post

Women Hold Up Half The Sky

Kate Grant | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Fistula, Half the Sky Movement, Half the Sky, Edna Adan, Fistula Foundation, Molly Melching, Nicholas Kristof, Global Motherhood, Obstetric Fistula, Skirball Center, Maternal Mortality, Arts News

The exhibit challenges you to open your eyes, open your mind, open your heart, and most of all to act to improve the lot of the world's women. The enemy is not men. The enemy is indifference and its evil twin inaction.

Read Post

Support Maternal and Child Health -- Donate Your Old Cell Phone!

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Donating Cell Phones, Every Mother Counts, One Campus Challenge, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Maternal and Child Health, Child Health, Christy Turlington Every Mother Counts, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

When was the last time your cell phone saved your life? In the world's poorest countries, this happens every day.

Read Post

Empowering Leaders, Building Communities And Working Toward Global Health Equity

Barbara Bush | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, Global Health Corps, Hiv, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Global Health Aid, Childbirth, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

While our nation is currently facing a tough economic situation, a small fraction of the federal budget goes to global health programs, and they are having a very real impact on communities and saving lives.

Read Post

Calling All Mothers, Calling All Babies: Introducing HuffPost Global Motherhood

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Johnson and Johnson, Women, Maternal Death, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Global Mothers, Maternal Mortality Rate, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Maternal and Child Health, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

I'm delighted to announce the launch of Global Motherhood, a new section within HuffPost Impact dedicated to the health and well being of mothers and babies around the world, and sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.

Read Post

The White Ribbon Alliance: 10 Years In

Theresa Shaver | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Women's Health, Women's Rights, Motherhood, Global Motherhood, White Ribbon Alliance, Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Maternal Death Rates, Childbirth, Impact News

Globally, we are seeing a significant decline in maternal death rates -- a one third reduction since 1990. And yet we still have a long way to go. Childbirth remains the biggest killer of young women around the world.

Read Post

The Million Moms Challenge: Helping Moms Around the World, One Story at a Time

Teri Whitcraft | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Million Moms Challenge, United Nations Foundation, Women's Health, Motherhood, Global Motherhood, Global Health, Moms, Childbirth, Maternal Mortality, Video, Impact News

Our goal: to create a vibrant community around the shared dream of a healthy pregnancy, a safe birth, and a baby who will survive and thrive -- basic human rights that all too often are simply out of reach for women in the developing world.

Read Post

The Business of Being Born

Ricki Lake | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Maternity, Business of Being Born, Global Motherhood, Childbirth, Maternal Mortality, Vbac, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, Impact News

I produced the 2008 documentary The Business of Being Born to educate women about their choices in childbirth, and raise questions about maternity care in the U.S.

Read Post

The Biggest Problem Facing the Next Generation

Liya Kebede | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Maternity, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Women's Health, Motherhood, Video, Impact News

Any discussion about motherhood would be incomplete without acknowledging that, in developing countries, pregnancy and labor are the second most frequent killer of women.

Read Post

10 Faith-Inspired Ideas To Save Mother's Lives

Katherine Marshall | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Maternal Mortality, Gender and Religion, Faith-and-Development, Religion-and-Women, International Development, Save Mother's Lives, Save Mothers, Maternal Health, Religion News

With maternal health now demanding global action, faith leaders and institutions should raise their hands, their voices, and their resources, and volunteer their support to the cause.

Read Post

Sarah Brown Talks Fearlessness And What Matters Most At WIE 2011

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Video, Laura Brown, Wie 2011, Maternal Mortality Rate, Fearlessness, Becoming-Fearless, Sarah Brown, Maternal Mortality, Women News

Philanthropist Sarah Brown, a co-host of this year's WIE Symposium, has devoted much of her adult life to helping other women. She is Patron of The W...

Read Whole Story

Back to Bangladesh -- Day 4

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Maternal Mortality Rates, Matlab, Maternal Mortality Bangladesh, ICDDR, Bangladesh, B, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

We'd already learned of the startling statistical turn around in maternal mortality in Bangladesh, but in the city of Matlab, the service area's rates have improved even faster.

Read Post

Back to Bangladesh - Day 3

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Christy Turlington No Woman No Cry, Fistula, Nike Foundation, Obstetric Fistula, Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh, Maternal Mortality, Christy Turlington, Impact News

It is important to keep in mind that globally, for every single maternal death, there are at least 20 morbidities.

Read Post

Solving World Problems Starts With Your Strengths

Josh Tetrick | Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Social Change, Youth Ventures, Youth, Social Entrepreneurs, Ethiopia, Green, Innovation, Recycled, Music, Business, Maternal Health, Social Ventures, Human Rights, Recycle, Hip Hop, Social Entrepreneurship, Africa, Environment, Trash, Social Good, Un, Global Poverty, Global Health, Fashion, Development, Inequality, Impact, Maternal Mortality, Healthier Greener Home, Impact News

During this time of pessimism, some see our biggest needs as opportunities to thrive. A few stories show how selflessness is often (ironically) profitable.

Read Post