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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.
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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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Latest News
Becoming a Midwife: The Story of Doña Soraida
This article was contributed by graduate student researcher Jazmine Garcia Delgadillo. Earlier this year while conducting evaluation work we interviewed women who held a very special role in their communities. Though our main objective was to find out what impact GPA has had in their lives, we learned much about their experiences and histories as traditional midwives in Chiapas. The [.....]
One Small Grant with cascading effects
In November 2012, after 8 months of intense training, 20 Health and Emergency Committees trained by GPA’s community partner APROSADSE completed their program with a 7-hour capstone workshop. For these 20 committees, comprising over 100 men and women, it provided an important opportunity to discuss and review in detail the emergency scenarios to which they have been trained to respond. [.....]
Twenty rural communities in Guatemala prepare emergency action plans
A pregnant woman doesn’t recognize that her swollen hands and severe headaches are signs of a serious problem… The family of a hemorrhaging woman can’t afford medical care, so they let hours pass without seeking help… A husband carries his wife on his back to the nearest health center because no other transport is available… These scenarios were discussed by [.....]
W.K. Kellogg Foundation funds GPA training in the Highlands of Chiapas
Earlier this summer, GPA received a major grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to provide maternal health training and conduct needs assessments within Los Altos de Chiapas (“The Highlands of Chiapas”) – a region directly adjacent to the Yajalón municipality where we have worked for the past six years. Seven of the municipalities within Los Altos make up just 3% of [.....]