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Archive for the ‘News & Media’ Category

Help support PRONTO’s Guatemalan partner to secure a Saving Lives at Birth award!

July 19, 2013 kimberly Blog , In The News

We need your help! PRONTO International has partnered with the Epidemiological Research Center in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Guatemala City, Guatemala for a Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development grant! Together, we are finalists for a scale-up grant and project titled, “Que Vivan Las Madres: Scaling Up an Integrated Approach to […]

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A matched pair cluster randomized trial to measure the effectiveness of an intervention package aiming to decrease perinatal mortality and increase institution-based obstetric care among indigenous women in Guatemala: study protocol

July 08, 2013 kimberly Blog , News & Media

By Edgar Kestler, Dilys Walker, Anabelle Bonvecchio, Sandra Sáenz de Tejada and Allan Donner BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, March 21, 2013 A matched pair cluster-randomized trial will be conducted in clinics in four rural indigenous districts with the highest maternal mortality ratios in Guatemala. Three interventions will be implemented in indigenous, rural and poor populations: […]

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PRONTO International at Women Deliver

June 24, 2013 kimberly Blog , Conferences

PRONTO International had a very busy spring and is gearing up for an even busier summer! At the end of May, PRONTO had the opportunity to present at the Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Women Deliver is the most important international conference on women and girl’s health. This was the third Women Deliver […]

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PRONTO International to Present at Women Deliver at Tech & Tech

March 18, 2013 kimberly News & Media

PRONTO International was honored to be invited to share at Women Deliver’s Tech & Tech session! “The Techniques and Technology (Tech & Tech) is a new and exciting feature at Women Deliver 2013, co-hosted by PATH and Women Deliver. It offers a platform for informing and demonstrating to the conference public innovative and useful tools […]

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Field Report: Jessica Cowan shares her thoughts from her time in Mexico with PRONTO

March 13, 2013 kimberly Blog , Field Reports

Jessica Cowan is currently completing her residency in family medicine and obstetrics at Swedish Hospital, Cherry Hill; she sees prenatal patients in a Seattle community health center and cares for laboring women at Swedish Hospital and Group Health. She attended Harvard Medical School and earned her MPH from Johns Hopkins University. She is one of […]

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Field Report: Nancy Douglas on becoming a new PRONTO Trainer in Kenya

March 01, 2013 kimberly Blog , Field Reports

Nancy Douglas, one of PRONTO’s newest volunteer Trainers, recently returned from Kenya and shares her insights and experiences leading PRONTO trainings for the first time with us on the blog: This was my first trip with PRONTO and I can already say I definitely hope it is not my last. The more I learn about […]

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Gates Foundation Features PRONTO on their blog!

February 26, 2013 kimberly Blog , News & Media

The Gates Foundation recently published PRONTO’s work in Guatemala in an article titled, “A New Way to Combat Maternal Mortality in Guatemala’s ‘Corridor of Death’” This piece was contributed by PRONTO’s own Dilys Walker along with Wolfgang Munar. “A pregnant Kekchi woman arrives, clearly in pain, at a primary health center in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.  […]

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PRONTO attends the Global Maternal Health Conference in Arusha, Tanzania

February 08, 2013 kimberly Blog , Conferences

The PRONTO team has recently returned from a trip to Arusha, Tanzania to attend and present at the Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC).  “The GMHC2013 is a technical conference for scientists, researchers, and policy-makers to network, share knowledge, and build on progress toward eradicating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity by improving quality of care.” At […]

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Washington Global Health Fund Awards PRONTO International $50,000 Grant!

January 18, 2013 kimberly Blog , News & Media

We are thrilled to announce that PRONTO International is a 2013 recepient of The Washington Global Health Fund (WGHF) grant to support the commercialization of the PRONTOPack! “WGHF is providing $50,000 in grant funding to support the first paid staff and manufacture 100 PRONTOPacks™. …” More (in English)

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Mexico Aims To Save Babies And Moms With Modern Midwifery: KUOW quotes Dilys Walker

January 17, 2013 kimberly Blog , News & Media

Dilys Walker, MD weighs in on KUOW’s segment on the Changing Landscape of  Modern Midwifery in Mexico, by Monica Ortiz Uribe.  “In Mexico these days, the majority of babies are born in hospitals. That hasn’t helped reduce the number of maternal deaths, though. So health officials are re-making the centuries-old tradition of midwifery. They are betting a new kind […]

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