New 2020 Edition of A Book for Midwives!

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Women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day, especially in low-resource settings where there is limited or no access to quality maternal health services and emergency care. Where other health professionals…

Coronavirus

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UPDATE: Our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fact Sheet is now available in 18 languages! Here is the full list: Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, English, Farsi, Filipino, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Indonesian, Portuguese, Sindhi, Shona, Swahili, Telugu,…

#MarchForEqualChoice Twitter Campaign

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The theme of International Women’s Day 2020 is An equal world is an enabled world. We won’t achieve gender equality until we overcome the forces limiting freedom and opportunities for all women, including those preventing women from taking…

Where There Is No Doctor For A New Decade

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If you read our blogs regularly, chances are you are familiar with Hesperian’s renowned health manual, Where There Is No Doctor. Hesperian published the first edition in 1977 and updated editions are used daily by health workers, clinicians,…

Helping Children Live with HIV

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Even though we’ve made a lot of progress on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, 1.8 million children are still currently living with HIV worldwide. These children desperately need their caregivers - parents, teachers, neighbors - to support not just…

A Global Movement for Reproductive Justice

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Reproductive justice affects us all. When women have the right to control their own health and life choices, entire societies benefit. To ensure that women around the world are able to control their bodies and are respected no matter their…