At Club Courage, midwives meet monthly to share, discuss and reflect on their professional and personal lives. Prompted by a set of discussion cards, they explore care for self, care for clients, care for family and care for colleagues. “Midwives face stress, trauma and life-threatening situations in their work. We face issues such as inadequate
Building Resilient Health Systems for a Safer World Strong public health systems not only enable families and communities to thrive, but also help to ensure stable economies and countries. Jhpiego works with governments and other stakeholders to strengthen health systems and the policies and legislation that support them, so that countries can prevent, detect and
Why are pregnant women at risk of malaria? Pregnancy reduces a woman’s immunity to malaria, which makes her more susceptible to malaria infection and increases her risk of illness. In pregnant women, malaria can lead to severe anemia, miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, delivery of low-birthweight babies and death. Women in their first pregnancy are most
