On the Front lines

An Evening Shared in the Labor and Delivery Unit at FAME-Africa

March 13, 2019

By: Ann Marie Gilligan, Registered Nurse

I have worked the last several nights with a team of nurse-midwives in the Labor and Delivery unit at FAME-Africa, ...

Imagine Not Being Able to Call the Midwife

January 8, 2019

Head of Programmes at CanDo International, Dina Prior, talks to us about some of the biggest issues facing people living in war-torn communities.

My midwife moment

When I was pregnant with my first child, ...

EMC Attends Inaugural Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute

December 28, 2018

By: Melissa Gradilla

Earlier this month, Every Mother Counts attended the inaugural Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute (BMHC) in Atlanta, GA. Hosted by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA), ...

Why Better Postpartum Care Needs More Attention

December 19, 2018

By: Natalie Telyatnikov

Epidemic levels of postpartum depression, anxiety, and other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADS) and the global maternal mortality crisis, especially among women of color,  ...