Education

Over-medicalization of Maternal Health in America

The U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other country yet we’re ranked 60th in the world in maternal health outcomes.

It’s easy to understand how maternal deaths happen when there’s not enough medical care…

Frontier Nursing University Photo Essay

Every Mother Counts’ Clancy McCarty meets the students & faculty behind Community-based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program to learn how they’re improving maternal health in the US with midwifery & education.

Nigerian Mothers Demand The Release of Their Daughters

In the three weeks since they were abducted by terrorists, no progress has been made to return Nigerian girls to their families. Here’s what will happen if they’re sold into forced marriages. (photo: David Levene for the Guardian)

Announcing A New Grant In Honor Of World AIDS Day

In honor of World AIDS Day, we’re announcing a new grant that’s been a long time coming.

In honor of World AIDS Day, we’re announcing a new grant that’s been a long time coming. It started last February when a…

Announcing a new grant in honor of World Aids Day

In honor of World AIDS Day, Every Mother Counts is announcing a new grant with Bumi Sehat midwifery clinic in Bali that will equip and staff a lab to provide services including HIV testing, nutrition education, family planning and more.

World Toilet Day

It’s a fact of life — everybody goes to the bathroom.

It’s a fact of life — everybody goes to the bathroom. You feel the urge, take care of business…done deal. Except, it’s not that simple for the 2.5 billion people who live without even basic sanitation facilities or…

October’s Book Club Pick — I Am Malala

Today is the one-year anniversary of the day she was shot point blank by the Taliban, in an attempt to silence her advocacy for girls education in Pakistan.

We don’t know about you, but we can’t get enough of Malala Yousafzai. This…

Educating moms saves lives

After giving birth to my first child in 2003, I found myself in a life-threatening situation when I hemorrhaged and lost a significant amount of blood.

For every mother, having a baby is a life-changer, but for me, it changed my life more than I could have…