MDGs

Progressing toward SDG 3

Women’s chances of surviving childbirth improved significantly during the MDG era (2000 - 2015).

Maternal mortality estimates from the national census

High maternal mortality remains a huge challenge in Tanzania, requiring urgent improvements in maternal survival and wellbeing.

Speaking out on the health-related Post 2015 agenda

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will soon give way to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Nigeria has seized the opportunity to contribute to new strategies.

Margaret, the Motorbike Midwife with a heart!

Meet Margaret, a midwife at the Nsuta Polyclinic in Ghana.

Act NOW to save thousands of babies losing their lives

Taking up the cause for our babies survival in 2015.

Evidence drives a revolution in accountability

Could a strategic combination of evidence, advocacy and accountability be just the answer to achieving big outcomes in maternal and newborn health?

Women and health professionals spark new cycle of improving maternal and newborn health

Women and health professionals spark new cycle of improving maternal and newborn health. This article is provided by University of Southampton

Every Life Counts: Marching to save mothers, babies and you

On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, the MamaYe Advocacy Coalition partnered the Universal Access to Healthcare Campaign to present a 10-Action Point document to the leadership of the Ministry of Health.

The 500 days countdown to the deadline of MDGs

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Tanzania, join with women and their families around the world in celebrating the success of the global campaign to prevent deaths in pregnancy and…

Why they succeed: lessons for Nigeria

Ten low and middle-income countries were celebrated for the significant progress in their efforts to save the lives of women and children during the recently concluded Partners Forum in Johannesburg…

Celebrating Breastfeeding Week

It is that time of the year again when Malawi joins the rest of the world to celebrate breastfeeding for one whole week. This year breastfeeding is being celebrated under the theme: breastfeeding a…

Ghana launches strategy to guide newborn care

The Minister of Health, Dr Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, has launched the National Newborn Strategy and Action Plan to guide newborn delivery and care in the country.

If we don’t know the size of the problem, how do we fix it?

You might think that it’s easy to measure maternal mortality. You might think because it’s one of the Millennium Development Goals that countries have agreed what data should be collected to…

Saving lives of mothers and babies: it is Delta State's turn!

The Delta State government is showing a huge commitment to saving lives of mothers and babies. We need more State governors to show commitment to saving lives.

Introducing the State of the World's Midwifery 2014

Midwifery skills save lives. Having those skills available when complications arise can be the difference between life and death. So it sometimes surprises me how little we know about those who care…

Increasing maternal and newborn survival in Ghana

The UNICEF statistics on maternal death as presented the other day by its Deputy Country Director, Madam Rushman Murtaza, are worrying. Speaking at a recent workshop for the Council of Traditional…

MNH Professionals' Society launched in Ghana

For the first time in Ghana, five health professional groups have come together to form a Maternal and Newborn Health Professionals Society. The society is intended to harmonise the national efforts…

Preventing infections at births can save lives

For Sierra Leone to achieve MDGs 4 (reduce child mortality), simple hygiene and umbilical cords cleaning approach by using 7.1% chlorhexidine can prevent thousands of newborns from infection and…

The National Budget should bring hope for Maternal Health

WRA's Communications Officer, Vicent Mnyanyika introduces you to a petition, as part of their on-going campaign called "Be accountable so Mama can Survive Childbirth. If you are Tanzanian,…

Enforcing rights and ensuring access to health services for Rural Women

Rural woman play a critical role in the rural economies of both developed and developing countries. 60% of all Sierra Leonean women live in rural areas.

MamaYe celebrates International Day of the Rural Women

Rural women play a critical role in the rural economies of both developed and developing countries through their activities in agriculture and rural enterprises which contribute to local and global…

Improving healthcare delivery and maternal care at KATH

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…

MamaYe Communications/Advocacy teams meet in Accra

MamaYe! Ghana has hosted communications and advocacy activists from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Malawi and Tanzania as part of the international MamaYe Campaign, a multi-year programme, which aims to…

Success Factors - What can we learn about making progress on women’s and children’s health?

10 countries have used key actions that have noticeably put them on track to achieving Millennium Development Goals and child health. What lessons can we learn from these countries to help us achieve…

Lessons from Congo

When someone mentions Congo Brazzaville what image comes to your mind? Ok, do not answer that. How about if someone says that they have a story to tell, again from Congo, what will you be…

What works to improve the health of women and children?

E4A-MamaYe collaborated with PMNCH (the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health) to identify the actions, policies and solutions from 10 countries making substantial progress in improving…

49 Years of Independence: more mothers and babies saved

Today we can celebrate multiparty politics, freedom of speech and free primary school education just to mention a few. But for me, after everything that I have learnt in the last year, one of the…

Spending on Health: How to Achieve the MDGs

A recent report shows that increased spending has helped developing countries progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Are governments keeping their commitments on health spending…

Ghana Reflects on efforts to improve MNH

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 marked the 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, where 194 Member States attended the annual meeting to discuss activities of the World Health Organisation (WHO)…

The joys of being a midwife

Hlalapi Kunkeyani is a Principal Nursing Officer for Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at Kamuzu Central Hospital. She is also one of the two matrons. She started work as a registered nurse…

MDG 4 & 5 undermined by shortage in trained midwives

The ‘International Day of the Midwife’ is marked worldwide to first of all, renew the commitment of midwives around the world and to remind them of the importance of the service they render to…

Join the fight to save our mothers & babies

“Childbirth is not a disease. We have known for decades what it takes to ensure the survival of women and their babies in childbirth. But if our mothers are to survive, then the Ghanaian public must…

What has Nigeria's Government pledged?

What has the Nigerian Government pledged to do to save the lives of our mothers and babies? Below we outline some of the public pledges made by the Government at international events. MamaYe will be…

What has Malawi's Government pledged?

What has the Malawian Government pledged to do to save the lives of our mothers and babies? What share of the budget goes to Health? We outline some of the public pledges made by the Government at…

What has Tanzania's Government pledged?

What has the Tanzanian government pledged to do to save the lives of our mothers and babies? Here's an overview of some of the public pledges.

What has Ghana's Government pledged?

What has the Ghanaian Government pledged to do to save the lives of our mothers and babies? Below we outline some of the public pledges.