Jennifer Stevens
Cris Alonso
A discussion with the team over at GoodBirth.net to talk about their vision of bringing "together health professionals to support a global network of midwifery centers in collaborative quality initiatives. The GoodBirth Network consists of midwifery centers in low and middle income countries that desire to work with global peers to achieve and recognize excellence."
Jennifer Stevens has been a midwife for over 15 years. As director at Reading Birth Center, she attended births in home, hospital and birth center settings. She began global work in 2010 in Haiti, interned with WHO in Geneva, and is currently working with UNFPA in Bangladesh on their Strengthening National Midwifery Program. She is co-founder of GoodBirth Network, networking midwifery centers globally, especially in low resource areas, to encourage their growth and high quality with standards. At GoodBirth Network she facilitated consensus around the global definition for midwifery centers, completed a pilot study demonstrating their safety, and created and validated process standards for quality. She is currently finishing her doctorate in Public Health at Boston University, focusing on a human rights based approach to maternal health care. Cris Alonso, MPH, CPM founded the Luna Maya Birth Centers in Mexico. She collaborates with the Goodbirth Network supporting midwifery centers around the world. Currently she leads the Academic Public Health Volunteer Corps that supports the Massachusetts Department of Public Health´s and Governor Baker´s COVID Response initiatives. Cris is an author of the recently published "Open a Midwifery Center, A Manual for Launching and Operating Midwifery Centers in Global Settings", and attends Harvard University as a Doctor of Public Health student.. How to network with GoodBirth Network: @Website @Cris Email @Jennifer's Email People, places and things mentioned on the podcast: AABC - American Association of Birth Centers ICM - International Confederation of Midwives UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund FIGO - International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation WHO - World Health Organization MacArthur Foundation PAHO - Pan American Health Organization Helping Babies Breath - American Academy of Pediatrics Mamatoto Resource and Birth Centre - Trinidad 
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Cris Alonso, MPH, CPM founded the Luna Maya Birth Centers in Mexico. She collaborates with the Goodbirth Network supporting midwifery centers around the world. Currently she leads the Academic Public Health Volunteer Corps that supports the Massachusetts Department of Public Health´s and Governor Baker´s COVID Response initiatives. Cris is an author of the recently published "Open a Midwifery Center, A Manual for Launching and Operating Midwifery Centers in Global Settings", and attends Harvard University as a Doctor of Public Health student.
Cris agreed to come on to update us on COVID-19 specific to midwifery and midwifery centers with her unique global perspective, as well as introduce her paper "Where do women birth during a pandemic? Changing perspectives on Safe Motherhood during the COVID-19 pandemic" in the Journal of Global Health Science. How to network with Cris: @Website People, places and things mentioned on the podcast: Operational Standards for Birth Centers Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho 
"The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) supports, represents and works to strengthen professional associations of midwives throughout the world. There are currently 142 Members Associations, representing 123 countries across every continent. ICM is organized in six regions:
Franka Cadée is an expert on Midwifery and advisor on international maternal health, with over 30 years of strategy and policy developments, advocacy, leadership, project management and partnership. She is the current International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) President. With her anthropological and midwifery background, Franka has lived and worked across a range of differently resourced countries and is well aware of the realities of midwifery practice in various cultural contexts. She is a strong proponent of humanized midwifery care and encourages midwives towards respectful care and a human rights based approach. How to network with Franka: @Website People, places and things mentioned on the podcast: 2020 ICM Conference Twinning Canada Twinning program World Health Organization (WHO) United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Associations that belong to the ICM WHO Cesarean section recommendations Midwives' Voices, Midwives' Realities The Lancet Series on Midwifery 
Motherboard Birth provides evidence-based information to birthing families, helps them make decisions and build a visual birth "plan," aka a "Motherboard," and helps them to communicate their wishes with their provider and birth team.
This podcast explores the journey of creating tech for birthworkers and is full of tips and ideas for anyone interested in pursuing a tech solution for better birth options. The US is a maternal health system in crisis: - One out of three babies are born by cesarean (2-3x what the World Health Organization recommends) - One out of three women describing their births as "traumatic" - Maternal mortality rates are the worst of the developed world and are climbing Amy's goal may seem audacious, but Motherboard's high tech/high touch platform is a timely tool as the US examines the complexity of maternal health. and reviews proposals and recommends funding to the donor. The Transforming Birth Fund has awarded $6.5 million to support its vision, that all women have access to the level of maternity care they want and need, and maternity care systems support them in doing so. Amy resides in Denver, CO with her husband Paul and six beautiful children. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration in 2005 and has since applied herself to many different artistic venues. No matter what her passions are, they frequently mix with her passion for visual art and she loves experimenting with new concepts, mediums, and ideas. The Mandala Journey started as a way to meditate, process emotions, and prepare for the birth of her third daughter. Amy is a childbirth assistant (doula), artist, birth activist, mother of six, and founder/CEO of Motherboard Birth. For over a decade, Amy has provided hands-on support to hundreds of families during the childbearing year. Amy saw a need for better education and better communication between parents and their care team. She is passionate about helping parents understand their options and make decisions based on the best available information, and reducing disparities in maternal health outcomes by building tools for parents, tools for providers, and a platform to connect the two. How to network with Amy: @Website @FB Birth Educator Group People, places and things mentioned on the podcast: Penny Simpkin Birthing from Within Birth Becomes Her the Lean Startup - book the Birth Nurse - Mandy Irby Firepoint Nicolette Denver Start up Week Y Combinator Nurse Family Partnership Tech Stars Elaine Baca, Dallas Birth Photographer Child Abuse Council Quad Cities 
Led by Betsy McNamara of Full Circle Consulting, the Transforming Birth Fund focused on research and best practice dissemination, operational support and coalition building. It took risks, and was willing to get creative. “Birth is ever-present, and in the U.S., outcomes are getting worse and costs are getting higher and the midwifery model improves outcomes and lowers costs,” McNamara said.So the Transforming Birth Fund set out to, well, transform systems." Betsy McNamara serves as Consultant to the Transforming Birth Fund, a donor advised fund of the New Hampshire charitable Foundation. Betsy's career has focused on fundraising for community-based nonprofits. She has raised tens of millions of dollars for organizations in education, human services, affordable housing, the arts, and land conservation. Betsy has worked with the Transforming Birth Fund since 2006. In her role as consultant, she serves as the content expert, solicits and reviews proposals and recommends funding to the donor. The Transforming Birth Fund has awarded $6.5 million to support its vision, that all women have access to the level of maternity care they want and need, and maternity care systems support them in doing so. How to network with Betsy: @Call @Website People, places and things mentioned on the podcast: Association of Fundraising Professionals Robbie Davis-Floyd - Birth Models that Work Waterbirth International Our Bodies, Ourselves Debra Pascali Bonaro - Orgasmic Birth Business of Being Born Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM) Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) MANA Division of Research (MANA DOR) Shafia Monroe International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) National Association to Advance Black Birth (NAABB) Childbirth Connections National Partnership for Women and Families Paola Rojas - Mama Sana Vibrant Woman Homebirth Summit Saraswathi Vedam Health Foundation for Western and Central New York Eugene Declercq Citizens for Midwifery Holly Powell Kennedy US Midwifery Education, Regulation and Association (US MERA) 
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