The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics reported today that Pastor Charles and Mai Olivia Charamba have composed a song to assist the spread of information regarding maternal mortality rates in Africa. The aim of this musical collaboration is to help reduce the too high rate and with the assistance of the United Nations Population [...]

In April, Saving Mother’s Founder & President, Nichole Young-Lin, returned to Guatemala to follow up on Saving Mothers’ Birthing Kit Initiative there. After having distributed 40 birthing kits to comadronas in San Juan and Santiago, we wanted to evaluate how the kits were used and the comadrona’s perception of the kits.
Nichole conducted evaluations [...]

One of the most severe conditions that a mother can suffer is having an obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is a condition in which is a hole forms either between the rectum and the vagina or between the bladder and the vagina, causing the feces or urine to pass through uncontrollably.  This is often the result of prolonged [...]

In the past three weeks, Saving Mothers’ Team members, Danielle Peress and Nichole Young-Lin, distributed a total of 40 birthing kits to comadronas (traditional midwives) in Guatemala. The program started off with a birthing kit distribution and training meeting on January 7th. Fifteen comadronas attended the meeting and received Saving Mothers’ birthing kits, which contain [...]

Today, Dr. Taraneh Shirazian presented Saving Mothers’ programs at the 19th FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics. This week, over 6,000 obstetrician gynecologists from around the world gathered in Cape Town, South Africa to participate in scientific lectures, presentations and workshops that covered an array of women’s health issues.
Dr. Shirazian’s speech stressed the importance [...]

Saving Mothers’ team of obstetrician-gynecologists spent the past week in rural Guatemala, marking the start of Saving Mothers’ new POWHER (Providing Outreach in Women’s Health and Educational Resources) program.
On the ground, our team provided general obstetric and gynecological care to the women in the community. When a 44 year-old woman came into the clinic with [...]

From May to July of 2009, Olivia Chang, from Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Global Health Center in collaboration with Saving Mothers, traveled to Tanzania to launch Saving Mothers’ birthing kit initiative in Tanzania. Olivia writes:
“The research and service site is in the village of Nyakagoyagoye in the district of Karagwe in Northwestern Tanzania.  Nyakagoyagoye [...]