We observe Safe Motherhood Week

Manila, Philippines – THE second week of May has been declared as “Safe Motherhood Week.“ The celebration is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 200, s. 2002, which seeks to raise public awareness regarding pregnancy-related complications such as hemorrhage, hypertension, sepsis, and abortion. Incoming search terms:safe motherhood week (14)safe motherhood week 2013 (5)safe... 

Midwife of Filipino descent Named C.N.N. Hero of the Year

Manila, Philippines – Ibu Robin Lim, a Filipino-American midwife in Indonesia, has been named as the second “CNN Hero of the Year” with Filipino roots. The first Filipino CNN Hero of the Year, Efren G. Peñaflorida Jr., won in 2009 for his Kariton Eskwela (pushcart classes) project that educates poor schoolchildren in his home province of Cavite. Now in its fifth year, CNN Heroes...