Using her almost three decades of experience as a midwife, Masri Ndoen leads primary health care workers in delivering services from community health centers to one-room maternity huts and integrated service posts. This is the last in a series on primary health care champions who are essential to the world’s health.

In recognition of World Prematurity Day 2023 (November 17), AlignMNH released its latest Masterclass episode. Merette Khalil, of YourEgyptianDoula and White Ribbon Alliance, and Prof. Joy Lawn, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the NEST360 Alliance, explore the underlying factors causing preterm birth and share a call to action for prevention and implementation to realize a world in which all women and babies survive and thrive.

In a recent article, the Advance Family Planning project reports on their experience spearheading efforts to operationalize Kenya’s policy that allows pharmacists and drugstores to offer injectable contraceptives. Their experience offers lessons in translating policy into action.

Every day, thousands of people die from preventable causes that could have been treated with simple and affordable solutions. You can help ensure that women and families across the globe have access to the high-quality, lifesaving health care that is their human right.