Midwives in Training: Commitment, Competence, Confidence
by Marie M. Marcelin, RN Today, in Nursing, a midwife is respected as a healthcare professional who is trained to provide safe care for women throughout the prenatal and postnatal periods. Midwives have a special position of honor in scripture because of their notable character trait – obedience...
HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health
How U.S. Support Helped Faith Leaders Transform Health in Malawi
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) is a Christian umbrella organization representing over 80 denominations—including Protestants, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Evangelicals, and Prophetic ministries—and 60 Christian organizations across the country. Established in 1960, EAM is the largest faith-based network in Malawi, with about 60 percent of the faith community connected...
Connector Articles, Maternal and Child Health
SCOPE Project Brings MNCH to Community Level
Funded through USAID’s New Partnerships Initiative, the recently completed Strengthening Community Health Outcomes through Positive Engagement (SCOPE) Project was a five-year project implemented in Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, and South Sudan. The project sought to make reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) services readily available at the community...
Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition
World Renew Launches MNCH How-To Guide Thanks to CCIH Small Grant
CCIH member World Renew developed a user-friendly guide on community-based programming for maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) and nutrition for staff who are not health experts with the support of a CCIH 2022 Small Grant. “A practitioner’s manual for staff has been a dream of many of...