More than 300,000 women die in childbirth every year...More than 300,000 women die in childbirth...

More than 300,000 women die in childbirth every year• That is one mother dying every 90 seconds.

• 90% of women in developing countries do not deliver their babies in a hospital, and 60% deliver without the aid of even a midwife.

• However, 75% of these neonatal deaths are preventable through low-cost, high impact solutions. turn page >

Because no woman should die giving life.

What is our mission?

At Saving Mothers, we believe that no woman should die giving life, so we have made it our mission to dramatically reduce preventable maternal deaths and birth-related complications.

We do this by: 1. Educating birth attendants and training medical

personnel in underserved communities.

2. Pioneering low-cost, high-impact solutions such as our safe birth kits.

3. Coordinating pro bono surgical interventions by highly skilled medical professionals from top hospitals in the U.S.

What makes us different from other NGOs?1. We are medical professionals – our team of

surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses deliver unmatched care.

2. We design our own programs – our medical expertise enables us to develop proprietary interventions that are more effective because they are customized and culturally informed.

3. We train all levels of local healthcare providers – this ensures that our impact is sustained well beyond our presence in the communities we serve.

Who are we? Saving Mothers is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating preventable maternal deaths and birth-related complications in the developing world.


www.savingmothers.org

How do we save lives?

At a cost of about $10, these kits contain everything that even the most minimally skilled birth attendant needs to ensure a safe delivery. A portable, practical solution that saves lives.

We educate and train local healthcare providers to create self-sustaining, community-empowered solutions that change behaviors.

We perform pro bono life-changing surgeries to correct birth-related complications such as fistula and incontinence in local hospitals as well as rural area clinics.

We partner with groups such as hospitals, NGOs and municipal governments to provide creative strategies that dramatically improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes in underserved areas.

How can YOU help?Become a monthly donor www.savingmothers.org/donate

Become a Saving Mothers ambassador Help raise awareness and interest in our programs.

Become our partner Donate your product/services or sponsor one of our initiatives.

Join our team of healthcare professionals Volunteer to travel with us and share your medical expertise.

Education Safe Birth Kits

Surgical InterventionsInnovative Solutions



Guatemala• Guatemala has one of the highest maternal mortality

rates in Latin America.

• Indigenous groups such as the Maya, Xinkan and Garifunan, constitute about 40% of the country's poor. Most of these women have limited access to quality health care, including family planning and reproductive health services.

• Saving Mothers sends volunteers to Guatemala every year to train traditional birth attendants, known as comadronas, through educational programs that promote healthy pregnancy and delivery.

• In 2016 we established our first School of POWHER, (Providing Outreach in Women’s Health & Educational Resources), which synthesizes traditional Mayan cultural practices with Western medical techniques.

• By properly training comadronas we create a unique and powerful partnership between modern medicine and traditional values that ultimately saves the lives of women giving birth.

• We have trained hundreds of Guatemalan midwives to date. Over time, we will help reduce complications for nearly 1 million Guatemalan women within the next 25 years.



Kenya• In Kenya, maternal and neonatal mortality rates are

exceptionally high. This problem is exacerbated by barriers to access, including distance to the hospital, travel costs, underutilization of prenatal care services, and a high rate of home deliveries (up to 83% in rural areas).

• Saving Mothers works with local government officials to implement a comprehensive maternal continuum of care program to combat these issues and save lives.Our program encourages women to come in for at least 2 prenatal care visits by offering complimentary ultrasounds and prenatal vitamins. Incentives for hospital delivery include free access to our safe birth kits and free post partum IUD placement.

• Additionally, we are piloting a preterm birth indicator program to address the high rate of neonatal death. The program gives us the ability to predict preterm birth and intervene proactively, ensuring that these high risk women receive optimal care.

• We further manage future risks associated with pregnancy through our comprehensive family planning program, which counsels women on the use of LARC (long acting reversible contraception) as a means of birth spacing and, ultimately, improved maternal health outcomes.



Dominican RepublicSaving Mothers is partnering with the First Lady of the Dominican Republic and her team to identify key issues impacting women’s health in the country and to create a health agenda for decreasing maternal mortality and morbidity.

• In 2017, Saving Mothers launched the first step in this joint initiative by providing free HPV vaccines to 110,000 9-10 year old girls in public schools across the nation.

• Since 2011, Saving Mothers has also worked in the rural, underserved regions of the DR to teach community health workers to identify gynecological problems that can be surgically corrected.

• We deploy teams of skilled surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists to provide pro bono surgical care to address issues including pelvic organ prolapse, fistula, and uterine fibroids.



Taraneh Shirazian, MD President, Co-Founder & Medical Director

Dr. Shirazian is the Director of Global Women’s Health at NYU College of Global Public Health. She is a practicing board-certified faculty gynecologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at NYU Langone Health.

Dr. Shirazian received her MD through the accelerated program at Brown Medical School, and completed her post-graduate residency at Mount Sinai in New York City. Recognized for her thought leadership in global women’s health, she is responsible for numerous firsts in this area including development of one of the first global women’s health fellowships in the US, and editing the first global women’s health handbook for medical providers. Dr. Shirazian is also an accomplished researcher, and her work has been published in the American Journal of Perinatalogy, Contemporary OB/Gyn, ACOG Today, and the Journal of Women’s Health Care.

She has appeared on CBS This Morning, The Today Show and Good Morning America, and has been quoted in major international publications including Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal.

Lisa Gilligan, MPH Executive Director

Lisa received her MPH from Columbia University. Prior to working with Saving Mothers, she served as curriculum consultant to the Mount Sinai School of Public Health and as an advisor to its obstetric and gynecology clinic. In this capacity, Lisa served as a key contributor in the implementation of the Saving Mothers Lifestyle Modification Program, which reduced pregnancy weight gain among vulnerable populations within NYC.

In her role as Executive Director, Lisa brings invaluable analytical skills and a strategic focus to the organization, and has been instrumental to the development of Saving Mothers’ mission and vision.

Executive Leadership

Terrie Paladino President, Board of Directors

Terrie is a graduate of New York University’s Stern School of Business, and co-founder and President of the PhB Group, a marketing consultancy. She previously served as EVP, Chief Development Officer for Paris-based global communications leader Publicis. Terrie has extensive leadership experience in the non-profit arena, serving as Chair of Global Nomads Group, President of the Bedford Hills Library and co-founder of the civic group Bedford Hills LIVE.

Andrea KutscherSecretary, Board of Directors

Andrea is a graduate of Columbia Business School and has built a career as a banker and investor in Latin American and U.S. financial and corporate markets. She focuses on investing in women-owned and operated businesses and supporting medical initiatives serving this group. An active member of an angel investor group, Andrea recently joined Saving Mothers’ Board of Directors,where she serves as Secretary.

Christine Fisher Treasurer, Board of Directors

As founding principal of the London office of Women for Women International, Christine served as Chair of that office’s board from 2005 through 2010; currently, she is an active member of the organization’s U.S. board.Other leadership positions include the McDowell Colony Board of Directors, the Advisory Council for the School of Public Health at Brown University, and the Executive Committee for the Parents Leadership Council at Brown.

Samira Sine Member, Board of Directors

Samira is a broadcast journalist and veteran of the BBC. Prior to that, she spent 15 years as an editor and journalist, including positions at the Huffington Post and Reuters. Her field work has motivated her to raise awareness of public health crises in developing countries.

Board of Directors



Medical BoardNils Hennig MD, MPH, PhDDr. Hennig is the Director of the MPH Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Assistant Director of The Mount Sinai Global Health Center. He is an expert in infectious disease and has done extensive humanitarian work in underserved and war-torn regions around the world with Medicine Sans Frontieres. Dr. Henning has been an invaluable advisor to the Saving Mothers team as we navigate the challenges of expanding our services to additional developing countries.

Charles Ascher-Walsh, MDDr. Walsh is the Director of Urogynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and is a practicing surgeon there. He has extensive experience in Female Reproductive and Reconstructive Medicine, and frequently accompanies our team to perform pro bono surgery in underserved communities.

Nerys Benfield, MD, MPHDr. Benfield is the Director of Family Planning in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Her research focuses on increasing contraceptive knowledge and access for high-risk women, women with genital fistula, and women in conflict situations. Dr. Benfield works with Saving Mothers in rural Kenya to expand their curriculum of care to include free IUD placement for women post-delivery.

Michael Girshin, MD Dr. Girshin is the Chief of Anesthesiology at the Metropolitan Medical Center in New York City. He graduated from the Russian State Medical University, and served as a Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Anesthesiology at the New England Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Girshin oversees the administration of anesthesia during our pro bono surgery trips and also trains providers on the ground in underserved communities.

Andrei Rebarber, MDDr. Rebarber is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in private practice and an Associate Clinical Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He received his MD from the State University of New York at Syracuse and did his post-graduate training at both the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Rebarber is an accomplished researcher and has been a frequent contributor to the development of Saving Mothers’ research protocols.

Noel Strong, MDDr. Strong is a faculty maternal-fetal medicine specialist who practices at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City and is an Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine. She received her MD from the University of Illinois and did her post-graduate training at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Strong frequently accompanies us on pro bono surgical interventions and also trains local providers in low-resource communities.



The Role of an Ambassador Your job would be to spread the word and take our story to your neighborhood, village, town, or city. You would alert people to the crisis of maternal death, and demonstrate how easily it can be alleviated through simple ideas like our safe birth kit.

You would also build awareness of our efforts in the field and engage your family, friends and neighbors in learning more about the work we do to save the lives of Mothers all around the world.

HOW this is done is entirely up to the Ambassador...you can plan a birth kit assembly party, an evening where friends and neighbors each bring one item needed for a birth kit, and everyone gathers to assemble these together. Or you might sponsor a card game or scrabble tournament or Mahjong party, with proceeds donated to Saving Mothers. Whatever the event, it is all about raising awareness and generating support for the important work we do.

What to Expect Ambassadors are first educated in our organization’s mission, goals and methodologies. Then, each Ambassador has the opportunity to meet directly with Saving Mothers Board members and staff to review questions, discuss ideas and gain additional perspective so as to deepen their understanding of the organization and its operations.

Once an Ambassador has gathered a full understanding of our work, he or she is ready to take our story back and share it at the local level, through a social gathering or event of their own design.

An Exciting, Enriching Experience Being a Saving Mothers Ambassador will provide you with an exciting, enriching experience that will empower you and inspire those around you. It is a wonderful way for mothers and daughters to work together and connect in new and interesting ways. Retirees might also enjoy dedicating time to sharing our life-saving work with others.

Taking the First Step If you would like to take your interest in our organization and its work to the next level by becoming a Saving Mothers Ambassador, please email us at [email protected] We look forward to hearing from you!

Become a Saving Mothers AmbassadorOur organization is growing rapidly, and would greatly benefit from having a special group of Ambassadors

dedicated to sharing our story and educating friends and neighbors to the important work we are doing to save mothers around the world.



Saving Mothers is a 501c3 organization.

This is a Saving Mothers Safe Birth Kit

At a cost of about $10, remarkably each kit contains everything that even the most minimally skilled birth attendandants need to ensure

safe deliveries outside of the hospital setting.

Buy a kit - ensure a safe delivery!Buy 10 kits - ensure 10 safe deliveries!

You can save a baby’s mother. Go to savingmothers.org.

Saving Mothers is a 501c3 organization.


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