Posts Tagged ‘savingmothers’
Meet Maria Candelaria
Our Guatemala School of POWHER for comadronas is on its fourth session. Every Monday hear from one of our local staff members on what they have to say about working for the school: What is your name and position at Saving Mothers? Maria Candelaria Lopez Culan Assistant Educator Why did you join Saving Mothers? I…
Read MorePeople Magazine
Have you read your people magazine this week? If you haven’t, check it out because Saving Mothers was featured!
Read MoreLive from the Brown Event with Dr. Shirazian
Live from the 125 Years of Women at Brown Conference: Cofounder and President of Saving Mothers, Dr. Tara Shirazian! Dr. Shirazian is the President and Medical Director of Saving Mothers. She is also the Director of Global Women’s Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at NYU Langone Medical Center, and currently…
Read MoreWoman of the Week: Joan Dunlop
We celebrate the accomplishments of Joan Dunlop in advancing women’s rights. Joan Dunlop, was a British women’s health advocate and activist and the first president of the International Women’s Health Coalition. Ms. Dunlop devoted herself to expanding women’s rights to control their own bodies. She worked at the Population Council, with Rockefeller, helping to broaden…
Read MoreSaving Mothers is Published
We are very excited to announce that Saving Mothers was featured in “The Week Magazine”! AND we are pleased to announce that the manuscript “How a Training Program in Rural Guatemala is Transforming the Role of Traditional Birth Attendants from Cultural Practitioners to Unique Healthcare Providers” created by Dr. Tara Shirazian (Cofounder and President of SM), Sasha Hernandez (SM Research Fellow…
Read MoreWoman of The Week: Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes
Elizabeth Hughes started the first women’s college in Rwanda! She is an extraordinary individual who has worked to ensure that both men and women have the same chances to succeed. In an interview with MSNBC she stated that sixty-eight percent of her students are the first women in their family to graduate college. Women in…
Read MoreDR Vaccination Program Began
The Dominican Republic’s government, with the support of both the Ministry of Health and Education, launched a campaign on Monday to vaccinate about 200,000 schoolgirls between the ages of 9-10 against the human papillomavirus (HPV). This campaign began as a result of the work conducted by Saving Mothers. Saving Mothers has been working directly with…
Read MoreA Malaria Vaccine!
The world’s first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries – Ghana, Kenya and Malawi – starting in 2018! The vaccine needs to be given four times – once a month for three months and then a fourth dose 18 months later. The pilot will involve more than 750,000 children aged between five…
Read MoreTeaching Cooperadoras in the DR
This week our own Cofounder and President of Saving Mothers, Dr. Tara Shirazian, went to the Dominican Republic to teach cooperadoras, or community health workers, about pap smears and gynecological issues for women!
Read MoreWoman of the Week: Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer born in 1920 who became ill with cervical cancer when she was in her thirties. In 1951, her cells were taken from her cervix without her knowledge. On October 4th, 1951, Henrietta passed away from late stage cervical cancer. These cells are now called HeLa, the most…
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