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Join our team: IT & Development Manager to Maternity Foundation
Do you want to join a global and diverse team in solving one of the world’s most pressing problems? Every year, 300,000 mothers and 2.4 million newborns die during and around the time of childbirth. Almost all … Continue reading “Join our team: IT & Development Manager to Maternity Foundation”
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Maternity Foundation welcomes Helena Lassen as new Program Director
After ten years with Maternity Foundation our Program Director, Anne Marie Barrie, has decided to take on new opportunities with Dan Church Social. We are immensely grateful for all the … Continue reading “Maternity Foundation welcomes Helena Lassen as new Program Director”
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Dead women don’t cry – why women’s health is an inequality matter
As a young doctor in 2004, Henriette Svarre Nielsen travelled to Ethiopia to work as an obstetrician. Four months later, she returned to Denmark with a forever changed view on … Continue reading “Dead women don’t cry – why women’s health is an inequality matter”
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Senior Program Manager to Maternity Foundation
Maternity Foundation is a Danish tech non-profit that works to ensure a safer childbirth for women and newborns, everywhere. Through our Safe Delivery Program, we use digital training- and learning … Continue reading “Senior Program Manager to Maternity Foundation”
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Maternity Foundation’s 2020 Impact Report
2020 turned out to be very different than any of us had expected as the corona-pandemic started to soar the globe in early spring. At Maternity Foundation, this meant that we … Continue reading “Maternity Foundation’s 2020 Impact Report”
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Maternity Foundation udgiver flot jubilæumsbog med Gyldendal
Maternity Foundation fylder 15 år, og det markerer vi med bogen DET MÅ IKKE KOSTE LIV AT GIVE LIV, der udkommer hos Gyldendal den 10. december. Bogen tager læseren med … Continue reading “Maternity Foundation udgiver flot jubilæumsbog med Gyldendal”
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Partnership on Covid-19 ‘brings midwifery training into the 21st century’
With Covid-19 cases rising around the globe, our ways of working, teaching and learning have changed. Midwives, nurses and other frontline health workers are taking new precautionary measures to protect … Continue reading “Partnership on Covid-19 ‘brings midwifery training into the 21st century’”
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New feature on safedelivery.org: Training exercises
As of today, you can find a new tab with engaging training exercises when visiting our website, safedelivery.org. The training exercises can serve as inspiration or as a tool for … Continue reading “New feature on safedelivery.org: Training exercises”
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The Safe Delivery App hits 150,000 downloads
With more than 150,000 total downloads of the Safe Delivery App, Maternity Foundation and our partners have reached a major milestone in our work to help ensure safer births for … Continue reading “The Safe Delivery App hits 150,000 downloads”
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Skilled birth attendants in India use the Safe Delivery App to stay updated during Corona
In India, skilled birth attendants are using the Safe Delivery App to prepare themselves and their labour wards to provide safer births for mothers and their newborns during the covid-19 … Continue reading “Skilled birth attendants in India use the Safe Delivery App to stay updated during Corona”
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New technical frontrunner to Maternity Foundation
Maternity Foundation is excited to welcome Morten Schioldan as our new Chief Technical Officer. As part of our journey to constantly develop and roll out high-quality tech-driven educational tools to … Continue reading “New technical frontrunner to Maternity Foundation”
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Maternity Foundation and partners launch a digital response to help ensure safer childbirths during COVID-19
A new initiative launched today by Maternity Foundation, University of Copenhagen and Laerdal Global Health in collaboration with International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive … Continue reading "Maternity Foundation and partners launch a digital response to help ensure safer childbirths during COVID-19" Read More
New donation from Ole Kirk’s Fond supports Maternity Foundation towards global impact
The Danish foundation, Ole Kirk’s Fond, will support Maternity Foundation’s Global Hub for Safer Deliveries in Copenhagen in 2020-2021. The continuous funding will support Maternity Foundation to provide the resources … Continue reading “New donation from Ole Kirk’s Fond supports Maternity Foundation towards global impact”
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Maternity Foundation’s 2019 Impact Report
In which countries and settings are we currently rolling out the Safe Delivery App with partners? What do our users think of the MyLearning platform, and how do we measure user engagement … Continue reading “Maternity Foundation’s 2019 Impact Report”
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EdTech Talk at Women Deliver 2019: Can technology save lives in childbirth?
How can technology empower midwives to save more women and newborns in childbirth? That was the overarching theme of the first-of-its-kind EdTech Talk organized by Laerdal Global Health, International Confederation … Continue reading “EdTech Talk at Women Deliver 2019: Can technology save lives in childbirth?”
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