All stories published by Every Mother Counts on June 08, 2012

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Jun 8, 2012

Respectful Maternity Care

Safe motherhood is more than the prevention of death and disability. It is respect for every woman’s humanity, feelings, choices and preferences. However, too often, pregnant women seeking maternity care receive ill treatment that ranges from relatively subtle disrespect of their…

White Ribbon Alliance in Tanzania

Tanzania is suffering from a severe shortage of midwives. In Tanzania, there is one midwife for every forty women in labor. Meanwhile, the size of nursing and midwifery school classes is rapidly decreasing — midwifery schools which once trained nearly three hundred…

Every Partner Counts: White Ribbon Alliance

I learned about the White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) through CARE in 2007. At that time, Sarah Brown had just been appointed Patron of the WRA. I recall meeting both Sarah (during her first visit to Washington, DC) and Theresa Shaver, President and Executive…