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Artist Samina Chowdhury Visits MaMoni Project Sites
1 December 2012To see the article published in Bangladesh's "Daily Habiganj Express"—about local celebrity Samina Chowdhury's visit to the MaMoni project sites in Habiganj District from 19-21 November—click here.

Singer Samina Chowdhury Visits Various Components of the MaMoni Project at Habiganj
1 December 2012 To read the article in Bangladesh's "Daily Ayna"—which highlights the visit of local celebrity Samina Chowdhury to MaMoni Project sites in Habiganj District from 19-21 November—click here.

Samina Stands Beside Pregnant Mothers
1 December 2012 The Bengali press covered the visit of local celebrity Samina Chowdhury when she visited the MaMoni Project. Ms. Chowdhury went to the hard-to-reach villages to talk to the beneficiaries of the project: the mothers. She visited the Shibpasha Union Health and Family Welfare Centre, talking to the pregnant mothers and service providers, and having a look around the facility. She expressed, "I feel that side by side with the government, the private sector has to come forward in order to better improve the outcomes."

Singer Samina Chowdhury Visits MaMoni Project and Water Ambulance
1 December 2012 Bangladesh's "Daily Protidiner Bani" covered the visit of well known singer Samina Chowdhury to the MaMoni Project sites at Habiganj District. She saw various components of the project and met with the local media, exchanging views with them and discussing the work of MaMoni project. She mentioned that the water ambulance is an extraordinary initiative that reaches the mothers and their newborns in the haors (water basins).

Water Ambulance at Haor Areas Impresses Samina Chowdhury
1 December 2012 The water ambulance at the haors of Habiganj District impressed local celebrity Samina Chowdhury. She visited MaMoni’s different project sites from 19-20 November at Habiganj and shared her impression about the water ambulance with the media. She also asked the government to strengthen family planning initiatives and make it compulsory. To see the article in Bangladesh's "Daily Khowai," click here.

Samina Chowdhury Visits Mothers and Children
1 December 2012 The most widely circulated Bengali National Daily in Bangladesh published a piece on local celebrity Samina Chowdhury, who spent spent three days at Chunarughat, Baniachong and Afmiriganj Upazilas of Habiganj Districts. She visited as Save the Children’s brand ambassador, and saw many components of the MaMoni Project. To view the article, click here.

Community Health Workers in Kenya are Creating an AIDS-free Generation One Pregnancy at a Time
1 December 2012 In Africa, HIV/AIDS affects women and mothers at a greater rate than men. And when a parent dies of the disease—particularly a mother—we know the effect this has on the lives of children: they are significantly less likely to survive and thrive. Pregnant women who are infected with HIV also run the risk of transmitting the disease to their child during pregnancy, childbirth, or postnatally through breastfeeding.

Two Birds With One Stone: Integrating Maternal Health Services to Tackle Both TB and HIV
1 December 2012 As a Program that aims to improve maternal and child health around the world, we at MCHIP are keenly aware of the need to integrate health services wherever possible in an effort to expand our reach and meet the comprehensive needs of individual clients and patients. In Malawi—one of the countries where we address tuberculosis (TB)—this means increasing TB case finding within the context of focused antenatal care (FANC) to serve as many women and their families as possible. And because TB is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV/AIDS, our approach to both of these diseases must be coordinated.

Now Available: Recorded Orientation to English PPH and PE/E Toolkits
27 November 2012 MCHIP and Jhpiego have released two toolkits—one on Postpartum Hemorrhage and another on Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia—on the K4Health website. Both are organized around key programmatic steps, proving lessons learned and relevant resources to assist country programs, donors and governments to develop focused interventions and programs.

Join MAMA for an Introductory Workshop on Mobile Messaging to Mothers
WHAT Please join the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) for an Introductory Workshop on Mobile Messaging to Mothers at the 2012 mHealth Summit. WHEN Wednesday, December 5, 2012 1:30-3:00 pm WHERE Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD WHY
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