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Jeanne Faulkner
May 22, 2013
National Mental Health Month
Who do you turn to if you’re not feeling the joys of motherhood? If instead of feeling happy about being a parent, you’re anxious, angry, sad or feel nothing at all? You know it’s normal to be exhausted, overwhelmed and confused…that’s just par for the course; but for approximately 13% of pregnant and new mothers, so is post partum depression.
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Anne Addison
May 22, 2013
Save a Mother's Life - Talk About Maternal Death and Near-Miss in the USA
Anne Addison writes on Maternal Death and the USA in the Huffington Post.
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Every Mother Counts Staff
May 21, 2013
Nazdeek – Taking Maternal Mortality To Court
There are many ways to go about improving maternal healthcare and one organization we’ve recently become aware of is taking a really unique approach.
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The Economist
May 20, 2013
Safer Childbirth in Bangladesh: Mat Red
From the Economist: Medical technology need not be sophisticated to be effective
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Every Mother Counts Staff
May 20, 2013
Preeclampsia awareness month
May is all about mothers in more ways than one. In fact, the Department of Health and Human Services designated May 2013 as the very first “official” National Preeclampsia Awareness Month on the U.S. National Health Observances Calendar.
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Holly Cambruzzi
May 17, 2013
Horizon Travel Magazine: Working together to Make Pregnancy and Childbirth Safe for All Moms
Horizon Travel magazine features Every Mother Counts and founder, Christy Turlington Burns.
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Sunil Desai
May 17, 2013
Valuing the Work of All Mother's
Mother’s Day. Not Stay-at-Home Mother’s Day. Not Working Mother’s Day. Why? Well, both of these terms are misleading. To start, being a mom requires work. In fact almost everything a mother does for her family, other people do for employment (but only then it is officially regarded as “work”).
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Danielle Cohen
May 17, 2013
Launch Event for Save the Children’s Report on the State of the World’s Mother’s 2013: “Surviving the First Day"
Last week, the United Nations hosted the launch of Save the Children’s 14th annual report on the State of the World’s Mothers, which ranks conditions in 186 countries that contribute to the health, wellbeing and status of mothers and babies
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Every Mother Counts Staff
May 16, 2013
Dr. Vanessa Kerry's Big Announcement
Dr. Vanessa Kerry has been on our minds lately because she’s a new mom doing really important work in the world. As we focus on Mother’s Day and the power of our thoughts to affect big changes, Vanessa’s inspiration and dedication to bringing a big idea to fruition makes her one of the mothers we’re celebrating.
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Lonard Tumuhimbise
May 16, 2013
Immaculate’s Transport Voucher
The adage “experience is the best teacher” no longer resonates with Immaculate. Had she depended on her past experience and those of many women in her community, she may have not only lost her baby but also put her life at risk.
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