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Jun 13, 2014

Why Men and Fathers are Essential for Maternal Health

Telling the story of maternal heath from a father’s perspective.

Most of the maternal health story is told from the mother’s perspective. It’s her health after all that impacts or undermines her survival during…

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Jun 14, 2013

Every Partner Counts

There’s really only one reason why we’re so focused on men this week.

It’s because with their presence, strength and vulnerability, fathers have the power to shift their family’s world on its axes, especially when Mom has died. During the filming of No Woman, No Cry, we heard story after…

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Jul 1, 2012

Every Partner Counts

We have had an incredible start of the summer honoring many of our wonderful partners throughout June, highlighting a shared philosophy that “Every Partner Counts.” We can’t prevent needless maternal deaths without your support and partnership. In raising your voices and sharing your profits…

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Jun 30, 2012

Every Partner Counts: BRAC

BRAC was founded by Dr. Fazel Hasan Abed and is one of the largest and most respected NGOs in the world. We met a very pregnant Monica Begun through Yasmine, a BRAC community health worker, on our first day filming in the slums in Dhaka in January of 2009 for “No Woman, No Cry.”…

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Jun 29, 2012

A Call to Action, A Campaign for Hope, A Movement for Change

The Million Moms Challenge is an initiative created by ABC News and the United Nations Foundation to connect mothers, and those who love them, in the USA to mothers all around the world.

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Jun 29, 2012

Every Partner Counts: Million Moms Challenge

Back in the spring of 2011 we met Teri Whitcraft, an ABC producer spearheading a series of global health programs, which included a Diane Sawyer special on maternal health that aired last December: “Giving Life, A Risky Proposition.” Teri shared Every…

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Jun 28, 2012

Together We Can Save Mothers

Hiking five hours through rugged mountains is hard enough.

Imagine doing it nine months pregnant after your water breaks.

In Lesotho, a tiny country surrounded by neighboring South Africa, geographical barriers are just one of…

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Jun 27, 2012

Every Partner Counts: Yoga Vida

Yoga Vida teacher Kyle Miller, and friend to Every Mother Counts (EMC), and Yoga Vida owner, Michael Patton, wanted to give back to their community and thought EMC would be a great fit (also great since some of our EMC marathon team practices at Yoga Vida). Every Monday…

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Jun 27, 2012

Every Partner Counts: Alignyo

Founder of Virayoga, Elena Brower, has been a friend and teacher of Christy’s for many years, providing yoga instruction and support throughout both of Christy’s pregnancies. A mother herself, Elena recently participated in our “No Mothers Day” campaign.

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Jun 27, 2012

Every Partner Counts: MTV Tr3s

I was connected to fellow Salvadoran Mario Cader-French, vice president of public affairs & corporate responsibility for Viacom International Media Networks, through photographer and filmmaker, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the man behind the HBO documentary film, “The Latino…