Find Born on Time’s latest articles/news about pregnancy and preterm birth.
September 24, 2021
Prioritizing Partnership – Unpacking Success
by Marie Bettings, Program Director, Born on Time, World Vision Canada and Chunmei Li, Director...
March 8, 2021
Girls advocating for girls’ nutrition in Ethiopia
Girls advocating for girls' nutrition in Ethiopia -...
November 17, 2020
Advancing Women and Girls’ Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
When the Covid-19 pandemic struck Mali, many young women were too scared to access sexual and...
September 29, 2020
Braving through a global pandemic
The onset of COVID-19 at the beginning of 2020 has forced a global shift in how people act, think...
July 16, 2020
The surprising reason many babies die around the world-and what’s being done about it
Today's Parent writer Claire Gagne travelled to Ethiopia to report on the number one cause of death...
June 18, 2020
Celebrating fathers who are helping babies to be born on time
At Born on Time we spend a lot of time partnering, supporting and celebrating pregnant women as...
May 8, 2020
Mother’s Day Gift: Contraception
For many women around the world, the best Mother’s Day gift they could possibly receive is...
December 4, 2019
World Prematurity Day: Ending child marriage supports girl’s empowerment and reduces premature birth
Assamoni, Morion, and Hafcha are working together to end the cycle of child marriage in...
September 3, 2019
Video: Meet Fatoumata, a midwife in Mali
Fatoumata is a dedicated midwife who delivers babies and educates families about preterm...
September 3, 2019
Video: Meet Broulaye, a Gender Equality Champion in Mali
Broulaye is a Gender Equality Champion helping prevent preterm birth in...
August 29, 2019
5 things I learned at the world’s largest gender equality conference
There’s something about the energy of an expectant crowd that’s hard to replicate anywhere else...
July 22, 2019
Video: Adolescent Girls’ Group in Bangladesh
Adolescent girls in Bangladesh share what they have learned about child marriage and sexual and...
July 22, 2019
Video: Fathers’ Clubs in Bangladesh
Gender roles are transformed through Fathers' Clubs, which encourage male engagement in birth...
July 8, 2019
“Don’t call it child marriage. It’s pedophilia.”
More than 700 million women alive today were married before the age of 18. It’s estimated that...
June 7, 2019
The power of female health workers
Women make up more than 70 percent of the health workforce. Despite the fact that they play a...
May 29, 2019
4 things we learned about male engagement before, during, and after pregnancy
In this CanWaCH blog, we look at the role of male partners before, during and after pregnancy. In...
March 7, 2019
This 25-year-old #girlboss is saving babies’ lives
Mahlet is the kind of woman I dreamed of being when I was a little girl. The midwife is a tireless...
February 6, 2019
Corner Brook native Megan Radford helping deliver stories of Canada’s humanitarian efforts worldwide
The cultures of the world vary greatly from one place to the next, but some things — like giving...
November 15, 2018
Canada tackling link between early marriage, preterm birth
Nov 16, 2018 Hill Times Article Globally, preterm birth is the leading cause of death for...
November 14, 2018
Four reasons why women and girls still do heavy-duty housework while pregnant
In the What We Heard blog series, we’re giving a glimpse into the communities the Born on Time...
November 2, 2018
World Prematurity Day: Ensuring every mother is healthy and every baby is born on time in Mali
Have you ever seen a just-born premature baby? Don’t worry, most people haven’t. I can tell you...
September 25, 2018
Four Things We Heard About Contraception
Contraception is something that many Canadians take for granted. Whether you’re running to the...
November 15, 2017
Infections like malaria leave mothers and children at risk
When my mother was pregnant with my younger brother, we lived in Senegal, West Africa. It was an...
November 15, 2017
Tackling access to contraception for women in Mali
Every year an estimated eighteen million babies are born prematurely, and over one million babies...
November 15, 2017
Preventing preterm birth takes a village – including men
Have you ever seen a commercial on TV showing a newborn baby being swaddled or held by their...
November 15, 2017
Ethiopian women crave nutrition during pregnancy
Having weird food cravings when you’re pregnant is practically a rite of passage in North...
May 23, 2017
The importance of information and access for adolescent girls
Born On Time empowers women and adolescent girls with reproductive and sexual health information...
February 8, 2016
Born On Time: New Canadian-led initiative tackles leading cause of child mortality
As International Development Week gets underway, major investments from public and private sources...