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2019, Healthcare professionals, ZMD

Zero Mothers Die at BBC World 100 Women 2019!

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50042279

 

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After the launch of Zero Mothers Die at the UNGA in September 2014, the mobile maternal health app of the Foundation Millennia20205 developed by Universal Doctor  has gained an impressive recognition by the designation of its co-founder, Véronique Thouvenot, by the BBC World 100 Women. After five years of intensive work with Jordi Serrano Pons, Coumba Touré, both co-founders, and Jeannine Lemaire, general coordinator, Zero Mothers Die is available free of charge in 8 languages for pregnant women and health professionals around the world.

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Help save women’s lives with Zero Mothers Die!

Articles published by the press in Chile (in Spanish)

El Dia: BBC Destacoa chilena en listade las 100 mujeres del ano

BioBio Chile : Científica oriunda de Concepción es destacada por BBC entre las 100 mujeres de 2019: Fue inesperado

La Tercera : ¿Quién es la científica chilena que está entre las 100 mujeres más destacadas del mundo por la BBC?

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Adapting ZMD to the Brazilian context

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Angelika, Rafaele, Talita, Beatriz and Ianê

Angelika Silva has been for some time now working to develop ZeroMothersDie on behalf of the WeObservatory in collaboration with the National Institute of Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health Fernandes Figueira that intends to translate and adapt the Zero Mothers Die mobile application to the Portuguese language and the Brazilian context. She and her team have made a poster describing the process of adaptation: see PDF –

 

 ZMD poster Brazil

They have created an online survey for pregnant women and new mothers , the results of which will be analyzed in the upcoming month – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/zmd-app

ZMD was also presented at this year’s  Helthio – an event that brings together more than 10,000 citizens and healthcare system users, with more than 5,000 healthcare professionals and about 1,000 companies from diverse backgrounds. The presentation was done and made by the co-founders Dr. Véronique Thouvenot and Dr. Serrano Pons, and Dr. Alegria, director of Gambo Hospital in Ethiopia. The material for the presentation was based on the research conducted with IFF in Rio, Brazil (above) and work done by Chinomso Ibe, nurse in Nigeria (on the pictures showed using the ZMD App).

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Mothers of Africa and ZMD meet in Monaco

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Mothers of Africa 2Meeting with Mothers of Africa team members in Monaco, Suzanne Batstone and Noleine Gally, was the opportunity to share education and healthcare activities in Shiyala Village in Zambia.  As stated in their website , ” Each day in Africa the number of mothers who die in childbirth is equivalent to the number of seats in three jumbo jets”, maternal health remains a challenge in rural areas. Anna Matranga, founder of AMC Alliances and Consulting and Veronique Thouvenot introduced ZMD mobile App developed by the Zero Mothers Die global partnership initiative to deploy mobile technology solutions for the  reduction of maternal and newborn mortality.

After this constructive first meeting, Mothers of Africa team in Monaco and Zero Mothers Die look forward to pursue the dialogue in the coming months.

More about Mothers of Africa : Mothers of Africa_April 2018

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ZMD on the eHealth2018 baltic cruise

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No, we didn’t make a mistake! The eHealth event of this year by the Finnish Society of Telemedicine and eHealth is indeed a cruise that goes between capital cities of Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm.

Our own Angelika Silva is representing the Zero Mothers Die App at the Conference: she unnamedbecame part of the WeObservatory following the 2017 Medetel event and is now in charge of further developing ZMD on behalf of the WeObs in collaboration with the National Institute of Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health Fernandes Figueira that intends to translate and adapt the Zero Mothers Die mobile application to the Portuguese language with the participation of institutional actors. More about her activities on our website.  

You can follow the Conference on twitter under #eHealth2018.

More about the 23rd Finnish National Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth here.

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3 new projects in 2018 !

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We are excited to announce new beginnings even though the new year hasn’t started yet:  WeObservatory is welcoming now 3 new projects that we will be supporting with our network.

  1. Zerando a Mortalidade Materna – Brazil – with Angélica Baptista Silva – a Zero Mothers Die project that aims to build bases for the pregnant E-patient at the National Institute of Women, Children and Adolescents Health Fernandes Figueira.
  2. My Health, My Story – Geneva- with Sophie Inglin – visual stories of women in many developing countries (Cameroon, Nepal, Burkina Faso) that allow women and young girls to generate their own visual materials about the health challenges they are facing and this empowerment offers new evidence on public health and human rights issues.
  3. Introduction To Geospatial Data And Technologies For Maternal Health​ – Philippines – with Steeve Ebener – an initiative bringing together institutions and individuals sharing the same vision and mission – geo-enabling the Health Information System (HIS) to reach the health related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 in Asia and the Pacific. The HGLC therefore aims at supporting the development of training material for different targeted audiences in the health sector.

We are looking forward to a fruitful collaboration with these great initiatives and will be keeping you informed as the projects advance !

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ZMD at the Diplomatic Council Gala Dinner

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We are back from the Diplomatic Council yearly Gala Dinner in Frankfurt excited, happy and carrying a nomination for the World Summit on the Information Society Prize for the Zero Mothers Die application and project.

The afternoon before the Gala dinner was dedicated to the DC Executive Club meeting during which global leaders of the Diplomatic Council made interesting lectures and presentations, to exchanged experience, gave new impulses to advance the Diplomatic Council. And, of course, recognised and nominated 5 projects for the World Summit on the Information Society Prize 2017.

The Gala was then ceremoniously opened by Secretary General Hang Nguyen and the founding President Buddhi Athauda followed by a speech of the new DC President H.E. Ambassador Dato‘ Zulkifli Adnan.

Thank you, DC, it was a great evening !

Event, Technology and access

Global Forum 2015

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“Digitalization: from disruption to sustainability” was this year’s topic at Global Forum, an event taking place every year and serving as a think-tank on Digital Development that regroups governments, private and public organizations, research and development experts. It took place in Oulu, Finland this year.

The WeObservatory was invited to organize a round table on Digital Communities with a specific focus on women and their role as a global digital community in defining and addressing their own needs.  Digitalization as defined at the Global Forum is a process that brings us to a fast, secure and affordable cyberspace. As women have a lot to gain from this process, we consider it important to discuss and point out relevant questions on the topicIMG_9517.

3 presentations were made at the Digital Communities Session (Session 10), the speakers were :  Anne Petitgirard, doctor and expert in global health development programs; Effat El Shooky, Founder Women Business Development Centerin Cairo; Indrajid Banerjee, Director of UNESCO’s Information Society Division.

Contrary to all the previous Global Forum presentations, this session was not concentrated on technical issues and pure technological development. “Technology is not a driver , but a tool” – said Indrajid Banerjee, who was backed up by the other 2 speakers. The accent was made on the importance of making knowledge and pertinent information accessible by giving specific examples of projects and initiatives related to health, business and education.

More specifically, Anne Petitgirard talked about Women’s health and access to healthcare using the example of Zero Mothers Die, ESTHER,  French Red Cross initiatives. Effat El Shooky about Social Entrepreneurship in Egypt, RISE Egypt, Yomken.com, innoventures and others. Detailed information and power points can be provided upon request to weobservatory@gmail.com .

4 Video recordings of the round table are available here (See Session 10)

Many other interesting sessions happened at the Global Forum,  “Smart cities and communities”, “Digital Strategy visions” and “Cyber and security” were fun to listen to.  Detailed program here.

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Zero Mothers Die at Diplomatic Council Gala

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“The Diplomatic Council invited Zero Mothers Die to their annual All Nations New Year’s Gala 2015 at the Grandhotel Hessischer Hof in Frankfurt as one of the 150 guests from diplomacy, economy and society. Our co-founder, Dr. Veronique Thouvenot, attended on behalf of the Zero Mothers Die initiative, which was highlighted at the Gala as a key social and humanitarian project supported by the Diplomatic Council” more on the ZMD website:

Zero Mothers Die at Diplomatic Council Gala