Before They Learn to Fear Their Body, Teach Them to Understand It
For many adolescents, puberty arrives before the information they need to understand it. A first period can bring excitement and a sense of growing up. But it can also bring confusion, embarrassment, fear, teasing, missed school days, and questions a young girl may not feel comfortable asking. What if we changed that experience? On September […]
How SIMI’s Mom Count Program Is Reimagining Community-Based Maternal Support
Pregnancy should be a time of anticipation and support. But for too many women, especially in under-resourced communities across Ghana and the United States, it is a time of uncertainty, limited access, and unheard concerns. SIMI’s Mom Count program was built to change that. What is Mom Count? Mom Count is an evidence-based maternal health […]
From the Bronx, and Belize to Ghana: Why Community Screening Saves Lives
What if the most powerful thing a community could do for its health was to show up? Not to a hospital. Not to a specialist. But to a free screening event in a familiar space, to a church hall, a community center, a school gym, surrounded by people who look like them and speak their […]