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Maternova | UNGA | maternal health | #globalhealth
Some Assembly Required: Maternova Attends General Assembly Week at the United Nations in NYC
September 26, 2012

By: A.E.Cote

“Women are the next emerging market” Hon. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance stated during the The Role of Private Providers in Expanding Access to Affordable, Quality Maternal Healthcare panel discussion. She went on to share her own story of childbirth in England, counting herself among the lucky ones compared to what she has witnessed in her country of Nigeria. Her personal motivation for committing so fully to meeting the goal, serves as both inspiration and advice that women are a “force to reckon with”.

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hookworm | maternal health | #globalhealth | deworming
Hook, Line, and Sinker: Addressing the Threat of Hookworms in Pregnant Women and Children
September 24, 2012

By: Lizi Jones

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Installing the First Embrace Warmers in Uganda: Pompa Debroy of Embrace
September 20, 2012

Recently having spent time in Soroti, Uganda, where we’ve installed our first infant warmers in the country at the Teso Safe Motherhood Project (TSMP), I witnessed first-hand the challenges surrounding the management of hypothermia, an extremely misunderstood illness. Hypothermia is defined as having a body temperature of less than 36.5 degrees Celsius; being in a room-temperature climate to a hypothermic infant feels similar to an adult being in freezing-cold water. Only after speaking with the staff at TSMP, a clinic that provides health care to the most vulnerable populations in the region, did the challenges specific to this setting become apparent.

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Maternal Health as Seen Through One Amazing Man's Lens
September 17, 2012

September 17, 2012.
by A.E.Cote

Paolo Patruno is a gifted photographer. He has spent years raising awareness for maternal health, by taking some amazing photographs. Maternova recently had the rare opportunity to ask Paolo some questions about his important work. It is certainly worth taking the time to read.

M: Paolo, were you always a gifted photographer? Is it what you had planned for a career?

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LivePlan Boost Competition Winner, PaloAlto Software
Maternova is Honored with a Grand Prize Win in a Prestigious Competition
September 10, 2012

September 10, 2012, Maternova received some very exciting news! A call went out for a highly regarded business plan challenge from LivePlan by PaloAlto Software. The Oregon based industry leader challenged start-up companies nationwide to submit their vision using a highly intuitive new software LivePlan. With over two-hundred qualified entries, this was competition at a fever pitch.

The judges of the competition would inspire awe in any entrepreneur: Guy Kawasaki, Diane Fraiman, Tim Berry, Kristen Koh Goldstein, and John Jantsch are some of the most esteemed minds in the business world. We cannot thank them enough for their vote, and their confidence in our mission.

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