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A follow up visit with Loveness and baby Matthew in Zambia

Matthew is the first child of Loveness Newa, a student from the Kanyama region of Zambia. Matthew was an early arrival, born just a few days shy of a seven-month pregnancy. He was born at the general...

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Nabyeguya and baby Catherine in Uganda

Nabyeguya Agnes is a shop keeper from the Masaka District of Uganda and the mother of two children. With the help of midwives and doctors, she gave birth to her third child Catherine at the Kitovu...

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The Embrace team attends the 2013 Women Deliver conference

In May, members of the Embrace Global team attended the 2013 Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference brought together more than 4,500 policymakers, advocates, funders and...

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A Message from Jane Chen, Founder

Dear Friends, Over the last year, Embrace (our nonprofit 501c3) and Embrace Innovations (our for-profit social enterprise), have experienced an exciting phase of growth. In addition to expanding our...

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“Slow Ideas,” Taking Root

Atul Gawande’s recent piece on “Slow Ideas” in the New Yorker has generated much buzz, and deservedly so.  Gawande analyzes the differing speeds at which innovations spread, and concludes that...

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Embrace prepares for new program launch in Somaliland

In July, Programs Associate Brie Stewart conducted a training session on how to use our infant warmers with Sarah David, a registered nurse working with Nurses for Edna. The training was held at...

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Babies Don’t Get Fevers

Seven months ago, our team conducted an initial assessment visit of government health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was a chilly winter day, and the staff and mothers in a maternity ward were...

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Nissima’s Story

Nissima lives in Kampala, Uganda and is 18 years old. Earlier this year she was pregnant for the first time, with twins: a boy and a girl. A few months before her due date, Nissima went into premature...

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Thank you for believing in our work

Dear Friends, What an amazing year this has been for Embrace! We’ve now launched 22 Embrace programs, in 11 countries, on 3 continents. These programs allow us to directly distribute our groundbreaking...

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A Wonderful Way to End the Year

2013 has been a year full of milestones for Embrace!  Back in February we celebrated the first birthday of Baby Long, the first child to use an Embrace warmer in China. Abandoned at birth and severely...

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