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Goodbye Suzanne!

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We are sad to announce that Soapbox Senior Programmes Officer and extraordinaire, Suzanne Cross is leaving Soapbox for new pastures! Suzanne has been with Soapbox from our very beginnings in 2012. As Soapbox settled into its stride over the following years, Suzanne has worked on projects which have impacted maternal health practice and infection prevention […]

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Soapbox to Attend GLOW Conference

Soapbox Updates

The Global Women’s (GLOW) Research Society is a society for those engaged in global maternal, newborn, child and reproductive health. Soapbox’s own Professor Wendy Graham is part of the chairing committee which will see the annual GLOW conference take place in Cambridge this month. Soapbox Research Fellow, Dr Susannah Woodd, will be attending and presenting […]

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Recruiting Fieldwork Manager: CLEAN Study

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The Soapbox Collaborative team, based in the department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, wishes to recruit someone to manage fieldwork on the CLEAN study in three hospitals in the Dar Es Salaam region of Tanzania. Fieldwork would be 100%FTE for two weeks during August; and 100%FTE for six weeks during September and October. Prior to the […]

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Workshop in Myanmar with WaterAid & Jhpiego

Soapbox Updates

Elizabeth Goodburn, Senior Technical Advisor for Soapbox, attended and participated in a workshop in Myanmar as part of the ‘Supporting Safe Births in Myanmar’ project. Liz reports on her experience at the workshop… At the end of March, I visited Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, to participate, along with Jhpiego, in a workshop led by WaterAid. The […]

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International Day of Action for Women’s Health

Soapbox Updates

May 28th marks the annual International Day of Action for Women’s Health. Celebrated for over 30 years, it will bring together advocates across the world to work towards action for women’s health. Every woman has the right to healthcare and the highest attainable standard of health. Achieving global quality care includes making sure every childbearing […]

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What We Do

Hundreds of thousands of mothers and babies die each year in developing countries due...

Soapbox Action

We support the following types of activities: Training – Soapbox Action works with existing in-service...

Soapbox Know-How

There are three main areas of work: Monitoring & evaluation – Soapbox Know-How promotes the...

Safe Birth

Every year an estimated one million mothers and babies lose their lives due to healthcare associated infections.

WASH & CLEAN

Severe infection is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths. More than two out of five maternal deaths occur within 24 hours due to haemorrhage or infection.

Newborn Safety

Health-care associated infections are responsible for 75% of deaths among hospital born babies in South-East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa