An effective continuum of care connects essential maternal, newborn and child health, reproductive health and family planning through adolescence, pregnancy, childbirth, postnatal and newborn periods—through childhood and along a woman’s life cycle. We work with local communities and key stakeholders as partners in improving the skills of health workers and strengthening health systems to bring quality care closer to the home.
In partnership with a local association of midwives and the Ministry of Health, Global Communities, then operating as PCI, established Casa Materna (Mother’s House) in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. For two decades, Casa Materna has provided outreach, education services, clinical services and an inpatient facility for women with high-risk pregnancies. Each year, we train hundreds of community health workers, including traditional birth attendants, to identify women with high-risk pregnancies and refer them to Casa Materna for care, monitoring and safe delivery. The program has provided more than 100,000 indigenous Mayan women …