My colleagues who work in Afghanistan have an up-close perspective on one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birth. In a country where maternal mortality is at an estimated 1800 women per 100,000 live births, Micah and…
This month our country of focus is Ethiopia, where World Vision’s Strong Women, Strong World initiative is working to provide change as a response to the needs of women and girls living in poverty in developing nations. The following story…
Join Women of Vision and our partner Women and Girls Lead for an online social screening of Welcome To The World, which shares some of the conditions that women around the world are forced to give birth in and looks at the…
I think all of us have a story of ourselves or a friend of ours who had a scare during pregnancy or childbirth. Whether it was something like preeclampsia, an emergency c-section, or post delivery bleeding, those stories remind us…
It’s sad to think that more people may know what happened to one of the main characters on Downton Abbey during her pregnancy than know about the maternal health crisis in our modern world. I watch this TV show myself,…
This month our country of focus is India, where World Vision’s Strong Women, Strong World initiative is focusing on child protection. The following story was contributed by Lydia Veena, World Vision. What made a difference between life and death in…
Editor’s note: Maternal health, including the issue of fistula, will be the focus of the next Strong Women, Strong World luncheon (December 2013). Women of Vision is excited to partner with the Campaign to End Fistula. For more information, contact…
My name is Kate Celauro, and I am an obstetrician based in Nashville, Tennessee. My passion for maternal health, however, extends far beyond the hospital where I work. I have been an advocate for women’s health for many years, beginning…
“I am a Christian woman running a hospital, not a woman running a Christian hospital.” ~Catherine Hamlin Hamlin Fistula Hospital, caring for women after complications of labor and childbirth in Addis Ababa, was recently profiled in the Australia media. Catherine…
From World Vision, by Chris Weeks, World Vision communications officer in the United Kingdom: Working at the only neonatal unit in Herat province, Afghanistan, midwife Sudina Hossini is all too aware of her responsibilities. Before she has time to answer…
