June 7-9, 2010: Saving Mothers’ Nichole Young-Lin was at the Women Deliver 2010 Conference where over 3,000 policymakers, nonprofit leaders, health care professionals and advocates gathered to discussed women’s health, education and empowerment. The conference opened with a keynote address from Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon. Throughout the day, notable figures such as Melinda Gates spoke on [...]

Saving Mothers participated in a conference call with ONE President David Lane and Christy Turlington Burns. More than 2000 people joined this conference call, which focused on women’s issues and empowerment. One of the major topics of conversation was maternal health issues in Africa and other developing countries. Below are some highlights of the call [...]

This article from IRIN highlights the success of a program to distribute cell phones to health workers and villagers in Amensie, Ghana in preventing maternal mortality.  In the example cited by the article, an Amensie woman was able to call the hospital when she went into labor, who sent an ambulance to pick her up - in [...]