Media is a powerful ally for civil society organisations advocating for improved health outcomes of women and their babies. In this blog, E4A-MamaYe county advisors in Nairobi and Bungoma, George and…
More mothers are attending health facilities to deliver their babies, yet 2.6 million babies are stillborn every year, more than a third (42%) of those in Sub-Saharan Africa. What approaches can we…
Influenced by MamaYe Super Activists, Hasana realised that being a midwife, she actually could do something to improve the health of pregnant women and newborns.
Ijeoma explores the fears and hopes of women who became pregnant, the effect of their pregnancies on the statistics of maternal and newborn health and attainment of SDGs in Nigeria.
Young people have taken the lead in disseminating safe clinic messages to market women in Matru Jong, Bonthe District.
MamaYe approached Dr A.P. Koroma to explain why the hospital is safe for mothers and newborns, and to encourage pregnant women to use the services.
The people of Chidelezi community in the Traditional Authority Kawamba, Kasungu constructed a simple village clinic, which will handle basic minor illnesses and antenatal services.
Revision of policies and laws and closer collaboration between different sectors are needed to address the male involvement in maternal and newborn health outcomes.
Antenatal corticosteroids are amongst the most effective hospital-based interventions to reduce newborn death.
We recently conducted an assessment of 10 health facilities to better gauge the preparedness of our clinics to handle the major spike in Ebola cases in Freetown.
Simple birth kits could save countless lives of women and newborns, if only women can get them!
I was unsure whether the Prime Minister realised the tragic scale of the loss of our mothers and babies in Tanzania. So, I took it beyond the comfort zone of aggregate statistics.
During a visit to Mara just before the end of last year I had a meeting with the regional health management team who took the opportunity to feedback on the progress so far since the strategy was…
Regardless of education, this is how neighbourhood or family influence over medical advice may carry dangerous consequence for pregnant women and their newborns.
Featured author, Majuka Ololkeri of Femina HIP shares a success story all the way from the Southern tip of Tanzania, Mtwara. While collecting information for our magazines, we travel in many regions…
The management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in collaboration with the government, has designed a programme intended to improve healthcare delivery and maternal care at its peripheral…
At the MamaYe Freetown launch, Sowo Lebbie - E4A Sierra Leone’s Advocacy Advisor - tells her story on how she survived childbirth thanks to delivering in a safe clinic.
