Posts Tagged ‘WomensHealth’
Why women need access to contraceptives
“Contraceptives are one of the greatest antipoverty innovations the world has ever seen, and we can give women access to them,” Melinda Gates. At Saving Mothers, we believe that contraceptives will allow women to lead the life that they want to live. With contraceptives, women can be lifted out of poverty, children can stay in…
Read MoreWorld Health Worker Week
#WHWWeek honors health workers who dedicate their lives to improving health in their own communities. Thank you to all of the health workers who have worked to eradicate preventable maternal deaths worldwide.
Read MoreTrump has defunded UN Population Fund
All funding to the UN’s Family Planning Agency has been cut. This is truly detrimental to the lives of women globally. The agencies funding has prevented an estimated 320,000 unintended pregnancies, averted almost 100,000 unsafe abortions, prevented about 10,000 maternal deaths, and enabled about 800,000 people to have access to contraception. And this was just…
Read More1st Week of the School of POWHER
We are very excited to welcome this new class of POWHER students, as this year the School of POWHER is being taught and run by graduates from the first class in 2014. All our educators and preceptors are local comadronas who not only completed our program in 2014 but also have continued to be a…
Read MoreFamily Planning Program in Kenya: IUD 101
In West Pokot, Kenya, we are implementing a family planning program out of Kapenguria District Hospital, as only 23% of women use any form of contraception; A very low number due to lack of access, funding, and misconceptions about contraceptives. We train local healthcare providers and patients on the importance of contraception, and provide hormonal and…
Read MoreWoman of the Week: Jane Hodgson
This weeks woman is Jane Hodgson. The only doctor ever convicted for performing an abortion, Dr. Jane Hodgson agreed to perform the procedure in order to challenge the law in her home state of Minnesota. In 1970, Hodgson performed an abortion on a 23-year-old married mother of three children who had contracted a condition called rubella,…
Read MoreWoman of the Week: Dr. Virginia Apgar
During national Women’s History Month we will be posting a short biography of some of the most inspiring pioneers of women’s health every week. This week our woman in the spotlight is Dr. Virginia Apgar, M.D. Dr. Virginia Apgar, M.D., (born in 1909, and died in 1974) is best known for developing a standardized system…
Read MoreDr. Shirazian at Brown University
Over the weekend Saving Mothers partnered with Brown University to host an event for current students, alumni, and faculty. At the event our President, co-founder, and medical director, Dr. Shirazian spoke a about Saving Mothers, how she got involved and how she uses her education and background to continue to help others.
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