MotherBaby Networks (MBnets) Around the World
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Theordore,
Queensland Australia |
Gentle Birth Pregnancy and Birth Education - provides all facets of pregnancy, labour/birth and postnatal care independently or in collaboration with the hospital. Contact Rachael Austin dnraustin@bigpond.com
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Littoral, Cameroon
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Goals: Encourage safe motherhood, optimal motherbaby maternity, promote women's rights through the hospital system, seminars and education. Contact Kamichoum Julie Adjounke adjounkej@yahoo.fr
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Lubumbashi-Katanga Province Democratic Republic Congo
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The DRC MBnet includes five NGO's: The Integrated Program of Health of Reproduction and Family (PISRF), Doctors Humanitarian Partners (MPH), and health facilities - Luizi Maternity, Mery Elmer Center, and Anglican Church Health Center. Contact Andre Shongo pisrfrdc@yahoo.fr
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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Goals: To sensitize people that have political power, to motivate public and private hospital managers to adopt the basic principles of the IMBCI. Contact Tania Anastasia Zotou tania.zotou@yahoo.com
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Bangalore, India |
The Bangalore Birth Network provides information and education to women and
their families that enhance their understanding of birth as a normal life
process and enable them to make informed decisions; promotes safe, supported
birth and evidence-based, MotherBaby care from pregnancy through
postpartum; provides a forum for exchange through public
events, educational seminars, online discussion groups and meetings; and promotes safe and supported birth, and whenever
possible natural birth, among providers and health care institutions. Through these goals they hope to positively impact government
policies and programs (such as provider training) with respect to obstetric
services for women and newborns. Contact Nora Kropp norakropp@hotmail.com.
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Hyderabad, India
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The Healthy Mother Birthing Center primary goal is to effect a change movement in current birth practices in urban and semi-urban India by promoting awareness of natural birth among women and bringing about more transparency in the medical system through education, advocacy and leadership in providing maternity services based on the Midwifery Model of Care. Contact Dr. Vijaya Krishnan at hm@healthy-mother.com - visit http://healthy-mother.com
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San Cristobal, Cusco, Peru
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Conscious Maternity International / Maternidad Consciente Intl. goals include: Promote IMBCI in Cusco; connect to the international movement to improve maternity care worldwide; receive support from the IMBCI members on how to better promote the initiative in local hospitals and clinics. Contact Sunday Paucar 7yatra@gmail.com and visit www.consciousmaternity.org or www.maternidadconciente.org
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Subic Bay, Philippines |
As a Christian faith-based community, Mercy Midwives Birthing Home is grounded out of their passion for serving this diverse community. All care is evidence-based and their standards are set by the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative (IMBCI). All care is free to all. Contact Vicki Penwell vickipenwell@gmail.com and visit www.mercyinaction.org.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico |
MBNet Puerto Rico (Red MadreBebé de Puerto Rico) organizations work at the academic, community and direct service levels. They aspire to create a structural and operational bond between the MBnet organizations and the global community in order to better promote the establishment of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative in our country. As proactive health professionals with common goals and diverse skills in the services they strive to improve the maternal and child health statistics and the quality of life in our country. For more information email mbnetpr@gmail.com or redmadrebebe.pr@gmail.com. Visit https://www.facebook.com/RedMadreBebePR
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Bucharest, Romania |
As an IMBCO MBnet Asociatia Mame pentru Mame /Mothers for Mothers NGO and Alliance for Health Romania intend to change the paradigm of birth in Romania for the motherbaby as well as nationally. They plan to implement the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative and programs that promote IMBCI’s 10 Steps to Optimal Maternity Care in order to address women’s right to have a safe and good birth experience. In addition to promoting updated prenatal and postnatal education, their advocacy and lobbying goals include: passing of the Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes, lobbying for the completion of the midwifery practice law, and setting up the legal framework for safe homebirth. Contact Ana Maita ana.maita@mamepentrumame.ro. Visit www.mamepentrumame.ro
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Western Cape, South Africa
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Sacred Soul Birth's primary goal is to empower both parents, where possible, to use the 10 Steps of the IMBCI to support the mother and birth partner to connect with her primal instinctive birthing power as well as assisting her to maintain that connection throughout labour and birth. Contact Angela Red River at angela@pleiadian-projects.com.
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Caracas, Venezuela
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Auroramadre's goals include achieving better childbirth through activism, and to introduce the IMBCI to Venezuela. Visit Auroramadre's website here.
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Adminstrative Director, Rae Davies. Email: rae@imbci.org Phone (USA EST): 904-285-0028
