National Sickle Cell Awareness Day on June 19 highlights the need to raise awareness about sickle cell disease to improve the quality of life of affected individuals and their families. The disease is an inherited blood disorder that can shorten a person’s life span by more than 30 years. It […]
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We are so thrilled to have been a part of the Women Deliver 2019 Canada Pavilion in Vancouver, Canada! Our Digital Storytelling: Experiences Around the World session was a fantastic opportunity to talk about the use of digital storytelling in research, in hearing under-represented voices, and in promoting gender equality […]
We celebrated Mother’s Day by asking mothers from our partner countries to share about their experiences on motherhood. Check out the responses below from Tanzania, Uganda and Canada! Thank you to all the mamas and mtotos that participated!
While experts in many countries such as Canada are cautioning against the rising caesarean (C-section) delivery rate, increasing the rate of caesarean delivery remains a priority in Africa. Two-thirds of all global maternal deaths in 2015 occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, so efforts to improve the safety of childbirth are urgently […]