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International Day for Maternal Health and Rights

Soapbox Updates

The International Day for Maternal Health and Rights was launched by the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) and partner organisations in 2014. The Day was established in response to the urgent need to focus global attention on maternal health and rights as women continue to suffer from disrespect, abuse, and poor care in […]

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Celebrating world health & the workers who support it!

Events

This week we celebrate both World Health Worker week and World Health Day which are important days in the Soapbox calendar for raising the profile of safe, clean birth for all. World Health Worker Week (2nd– 8th April) acknowledges the life-saving contributions of health workers globally. Countless women and babies are alive today because a […]

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Students At Soapbox: Farewell!

Soapbox Updates

Over the course of the last ten weeks, we’ve shared articles from each of the three University of Aberdeen MSc Global Health and Management students we’ve had the pleasure of hosting as they’ve completed their Work Based Placements with us. Timur, Nadytia and Victoria have completed projects, respectively, on Communities of Practice, antimicrobial stewardship, and […]

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Students at Soapbox: Victoria’s Story

Soapbox Updates

My name is Victoria, and I am studying a Masters in Global Health and Management at the University of Aberdeen. I am a medical student, taking a year out after 4th year to do this course, and will be going back to medicine to complete my final year in August. At the moment, I am […]

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World Water Day 2018

News

World Water Day is celebrated on the 22nd March 2018 to focus attention on the importance of water. Access to clean, safe water is crucial to preventing infections, with infection and sepsis leading causes of maternal and newborn mortality estimated to cause 430,000 newborn deaths globally every year. 99% of maternal and newborn infections occur […]

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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