Respectful Maternity Care: What Is It and How Do We Achieve It?
Mistreatment in childbirth violates the fundamental obligation of a health system to provide support and healing in childbirth, can cause lasting emotional trauma, and goes against our Christian calling to provide compassionate care. What is driving mistreatment during childbirth, one of the most important times a woman needs...
GHANA – 100 days free from maternal mortality Campaign within the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) network
The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) ran a campaign to achieve ‘100 Days Free from Maternal Mortality, starting in 2016, and with ‘100 days’ slots. In this campaign, 74 hospitals that are run by CHAG vowed to record no maternal deaths in 100 days and 63 of...
Webinar: Engaging Communities to Improve Maternal and Child Health
Engaging Communities to Improve Maternal and Child Health | December 2017 | Webinar featuring Henry Perry, MD, MPH, PhD, Senior Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Connie Gates, MPH, Jamkhed International – North America. Many Christian programs have been pioneers of the principles and practice...
Engaging Communities to Improve Maternal and Child Health
Many Christian programs have been pioneers of the principles and practice of community-based primary health care (CBPHC). These experiences also influenced and informed WHO, resulting in the international Conference in Alma Ata and its Declaration in 1978, which put PHC on the global health agenda. Christian organizations continue...