Graduation Quote by Leana S. Wen

Improved maternal health benefits the whole of society.

— Isabella Lovin

Excellent outcomes with much lower intervention rates are achieved at home births. This may be because the overuse of interventions in hospital births introduces…

— Henci Goer

In order to improve maternal health, we have to focus on improving all women's health and access to care - not just during labor…

— Leana S. Wen

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be…

— Jane Fonda

Prenatal care is one of the most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality because it identifies complications or high risks before emergency situations.

— Liya Kebede

With women composing nearly half the American workforce and increasingly serving as the primary breadwinner for families, we can't afford to treat pregnant women…

— Valerie Jarrett

As a parent you know you want to provide safe, healthy environments for your children.

— Stephanie Land

I've always been interested in public health approaches because it seems to me we have this yearning for silver bullets, and that is not…

— Nicholas Kristof

Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource…

— Liya Kebede

Some of the best indicators of a country developing along the right lines are healthy mothers giving birth to healthy children who are assured…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Pregnancy takes a huge physical toll on your body. I have many friends who have had babies and many of them require medical help…

— Abigail Tarttelin

“When researchers looked at all the possible means of preventing infant and young child death they found that improving breastfeeding practices could prevent more…

— Gabrielle Palmer