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By Kiran Ramchandani, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Midwives save lives. Yet, two-thirds of women in the poorest, least developed countries give birth without a skilled birth attendant. Only when we have enough skilled midwives will we stop the needless deaths in childbirth of girls and...

By Mandy Folse, Director, Frontline Health Workers Coalition Note: This post originally appeared in the ONE Campaign Blog Almost every week on this blog, someone from our 30 member organizations tells another story illustrating the inspiring and tremendous impact frontline health workers are making...

Lisa Meadowcroft, Executive Director, AMREF USA Midwife Esther Madudu receives the REAL Award from Ugandan Minister for Health, Hon Dr Christine Ondoa (left) and AMREF Uganda Country Director, Dr Abenet Berhanu (right). Photo Credit: AMREF At AMREF, we were thrilled and so proud to learn last year...

By Pape Gaye, IntraHealth International and Louise Holly, Save the Children UK Note: This blog was originally posted on the Impatient Optimists blog Last week with the Capitol Dome in Washington, DC, looming in the background, seven health workers from across the United States—from a hospice worker...

By Mary Beth Powers, Save the Children Note: This blog was originally posted on the Impatient Optimists blog Yetagesu Alema, a frontline health worker, is standing in front of the Germana Gale Health Post in Ethiopia. Photo courtesy: Save the Children As we drove down a dusty road in Northern...

By Joan Holloway and Imane Sidibe, International Association of Providers of AIDS Care In this first ever World Health Worker Week, it is important to recognize the critical role frontline health worker are playing in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic globally. According to UNAIDS, an estimated 34...

Note: This was originally posted on Management Sciences for Health's (MSH) blog. World Health Worker Week is April 8-12, 2013. Let’s show the world just how much #HealthWorkersCount. Watch and share the video, thank a health worker, and donate $10 in honor of a health worker. “We realized that...

By Dr. Kaosar Afsana, BRAC Note: This post was originally published on BRAC Blog The patient, pictured here with a birth attendant and a community health worker, is an active participant in her own well-being. Photo courtesy: BRAC Not long ago, Bangladesh had one of the highest maternal mortality...

By Dr. Meenakshi Gautham, IDEAS India Country Coordinator and Research Fellow. Note: This post was originally published on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s IDEAS blog. Introduction to workshop by Amod Kumar, Manthan Project Director. Photo credit: IntraHealth International...

By Kim S. Martin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs In recognition of International Women’s Day, we would like to applaud the frontline family planning providers, who help women and their partners make decisions that keep mothers, children and families...