Christy Turlington Burns on CNN

By Ellen, on January 6th, 2012

CNN’s Erin Burnett talks with Christy Turlingto…, posted with vodpod

The above video aired last week on CNN, and provides insight into why we do the work that we do.  Christy Turlington Burns, a global maternal health advocate with Every Mother Counts, articulates the issues that pregnant women face in many parts of the world, [...]

January 6th, 2012 | Category: News and Press | Leave a comment

Shipping-Container Clinics Could Be the Future of Mobile Hospitals

By Allison, on July 2nd, 2011

Shipping-Container Clinics Could Be the
Future of Mobile Hospitals

About 42 million
shipping containers moved through American ports last year, and one
organization had a bright idea for repurposing these ubiquitous steel boxes:
Make them into mobile clinics that could be shipped around the world to
developing countries in need of better access to healthcare or to disaster
zones where brick-and-mortar hospitals [...]

July 2nd, 2011 | Category: News and Press, Popular Mechanics | Leave a comment

New York Times Article - Managing Disasters with Small Steps

By Allison, on January 18th, 2010

Managing Disasters with Small Steps
New York Times
by Henry Fountain, January 18, 2010
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“Then, last Tuesday, a magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Dominican Republic’s neighbor, Haiti. Hospitals in the capital, Port-au-Prince, were destroyed or damaged, and basic medical care was practically nonexistent. Ms. Sheehan said her donors immediately started calling her. “They all [...]

January 18th, 2010 | Category: Haiti, News and Press | One comment