Welcome
Every day more than 20,000 children under 5 die from preventable causes including diarrhea, respiratory diseases, malnutrition, measles, and avoidable newborn death. Every year 500,000 women die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Global Pediatric Alliance works in Latin America to reduce preventable maternal and infant death and improve the quality of life for women and children. Find information about our current projects under News.
Announcements
Photoessay of GPA's midwife training program
In October 2011, volunteer photographer Nikhol Esterás Roberts visited our program and captured beautiful images of midwives and their communities. Click here to see them.
Learn what midwives are doing in Chiapas, Mexico
Watch the inspiring short film "Parteras" on ViewChange.org to learn more about the critical role midwives play in reducing maternal mortality and improving women's health.
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Check out a video featuring an interview with GPA's founder, Scott Cohen, and pictures from the field.
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Latest News
Small Grants program supports new project in Guatemala
Through our Small Grants program, we recently began a new partnership with APROSADSE, a health organization in the mountainous region of San Martin Jilotepeque, located 70 kilometers from Guatemala City. The area’s harsh terrain is unsuitable for farming, and high rates of malnutrition and infectious diseases – made worse by poor sanitation – lead tragically to many infant and child [.....]
Fifty-eight midwives prepare to “graduate” from training program!
This summer GPA will celebrate another milestone: nearly 5 dozen indigenous midwives from three different communities in Chiapas will complete GPA’s year-long training course for Traditional Birth Attendants, receiving credentials granted by the local health jurisdiction recognizing their accomplishments and giving them rights to accompany their patients to access services at the health center and hospital. Around the world, Traditional [.....]
New materials enhance training
Thanks to support from our donors, we were recently able to purchase sophisticated and realistic childbirth education materials to use in our midwife training. Some of these materials include: colorful charts and posters illustrating bodily changes during pregnancy, a life-sized model of a human pelvis; 3-D representations of the stages of cervical dilation; and models of the fetus at various [.....]
Three concurrent training groups in Chiapas
This year our focus has been on refining our midwife training curriculum and adapting it to the culture and learning style of the indigenous midwives with whom we work. Earlier this year, our team was joined by Dení Cervantes. Trained in Mexico as a physician, Dra. Dení has used her medical knowledge and adult education experience to create culturally appropriate [.....]