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...
View ArticleNabyeguya 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleEmbrace 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...
View ArticleBabies 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...
View ArticleNissima’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...
View ArticleThank 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...
View ArticleA 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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