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Honoring Molly Sims and Scott Stuber, What to Expect advocates Heidi and Erik Murkoff

LOS ANGELES, CA. (June 10, 2021)–Actress-advocate Molly Sims and her husband, Scott Stuber, Global Head of Netflix Films, and Heidi Murkoff, author and creator of What to Expect When You’re Expecting, the world’s most popular pregnancy and parenting brand, and her husband and life partner, Erik, turned the spotlight on parents worldwide who face agonizing

India’s Investment in Midwives: A Step in the Right Direction to Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Indian mother and baby

India’s decision 30 years ago to incentivize women to give birth at a health facility helped drive a dramatic decrease in the country’s maternal mortality rate—a 77 percent decline from 1990 to 2015. The initiative, known as Janani Suraksha Yojana, brought millions of women to health care institutions to deliver safely with skilled health care providers. But over time, the influx of so many mothers at facilities stressed the health system. The quality