How Womens World Health Initiative Began

Women’s World Health Initiative’s Founder, Dana Allison, has always been active in informing herself about and defending women’s rights. After studying and observing the devastating effects a community feels when a mother dies unnecessarily during childbirth, Dana began researching effective strategies to make an impact.

Her research led her to the understand that there were correlated risk factors that increased chances for a mother to die during childbirth; developing countries, rural communities, uneducated populations, early marriage, lack of trained birth attendants, and others.

After meeting with and traveling to his country, Senegal, Dr. Youssoupha Ndiaye and Dana collaboratively developed a plan to decrease maternal and infant mortality rates in rural Senegal. Today, WWHI continues to collaborate with other Senegalese physicians, such as Dr. Aziz Kasse, by developing and innovating in simple early detection methods to save the lives of women, and foster community growth.

This blog is a place for us to discuss relevant statistics about women's rights, child-bearing and challenged rural communities, learn from other non profits and organizations making a difference in the world, and hopefully help further our own cause and raise funds.