In many places in the world, including in the United States, women and babies are dying unnecessarily from complications during childbirth because there are not enough health care providers or providers lack training and dedicated mentorship opportunities in maternal and reproductive health care.
Our vision is that every nurse and midwife will have the skills to support women giving birth.
Our mission is to prevent complications and maternal and infant death during childbirth by increasing the number of nurses and midwives and providing clinical and leadership training to those working in high-risk communities.
We currently partner with the GAIA Global Health and Partners In Health (PIH) in sub-Saharan Africa and CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health in Memphis, Tennessee. GAIN collaborates with partners to equip nurses and midwives with the expertise and skills they need to save lives through:
- Comprehensive curriculum delivery, including leadership training and maternal and neonatal clinical training in safe childbirth.
- Longitudinal bedside mentoring from expert nurse midwives.
- A UCSF support team to (1) provide data on nurse-midwife clinical practices and mentorship activities and (2) track maternal and infant complications and deaths to observe project impact.
- The development of country-specific Nursing Education Advisory Boards (NEAB) to guide our work in scholarships and education programs.