Group Care Global

GivingTuesday, December 3, 2024 "A movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world" with core values that resonate with those of Group Care Global: interconnection as a superpower, shared learning, and collaborative innovation. Keep Group Care Global in mind for GivingTuesday! Donating is easy at https://lnkd.in/g55WcqtZ

Thank you to The Burke Foundation for your constant support of group care- a revolution in healthcare! In this issue of #StartingEarly, Sharon Schindler Rising, founding member of Group Care Global talks about origins and why its such an important approach to care. https://lnkd.in/ey6wXQ-C #groupcare #prenatal #healthcare

Group Care Global, making an impact!

Group Care trainers extraordinaire, Anne Bedaux and Amy Welde Selase, collaborated with health care providers in six hospitals in Kampala, Uganda to support Group Care implementation. They discussed challenges experienced while implementing Group Care and then worked intensively on improving skills to FACILITATE (not teach) groups, a key to success. A moving certification ceremony and dinner served to close the sessions and build community and morale among health worker participants from the six hospitals. Anne and Amy then supported the launch of three groups with Eritrean refugees now living in Uganda. They assisted with recruitment and facilitation so that everyone could continue to learn together. During one of those groups, a participant from Eritrea stated, "I'm here in Kampala for 6 months, and I felt so lonely all the time, it's for the first time I'm together with all these women. I'm so happy"... After the closing they all exchanged phone numbers and said they would go for a coffee together! Find out more by watching this powerful video: https://lnkd.in/edifcGWS #Groupcare #Eritrea #UgandaGroupCare #RefugeesGroupCare #GroupCare1000

Jalana Lazar, thanks for your exceptional work to train colleagues in Canada! GCG was delighted to be invited to lead a two day training in centering-based group care facilitation for the midwives at Oak Valley Health in Markham, ONTARIO, CANADA. Lots of great learning, sharing and problem-solving as the prenatal clinic has grand plans to implement group care as a standard. Special thanks to Stephanie Zaheer for spearheading the effort and Abigail Corbin for support. Are you interested in starting, training or expanding group care in your context? Please reach out to us at GCG! #groupcare #MidwivesCanada #groupcarefacilitation

Collaborating with this global team to disseminate our findings continues to be incredibly inspiring. Thanks to Astrid Van Damme for leading this publication.

New publication from the GC_1000 project! Available at https://lnkd.in/esiyzPH2 (in-press, Journal pre-proof). Congratulations to Astrid Van Damme for leading this effort. #GC1000 #groupcare1000 #groupcare #midwifery Florence Talrich Matty Crone Marlies Rijnders Crystal Patil Sharon Schindler Rising Jedidia Abanga Ashna Hindori-Mohangoo Manodj Hindori Nele Martens Shanaaz Mathews Vlorian Molliqaj Marsha Orgill Wiedaad Slemming Katrien Beeckman

Welcome, Dr Lilian Anomnachi, to the GCG Advisory Council! Dr. Anomnachi is an integrated global health development expert with extensive combined experience in design, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of health development programs in Sub Saharan Africa. In her role as TAConnect’s Executive Director, she oversees a portfolio which spans Primary Healthcare (PHC) systems’ performance and increase in the uptake of RMNCAH+N, Malaria, immunization, among other services, reaching over 1,000,000 pregnant women as direct beneficiaries so far. TA Connect is a non-profit organization registered and based in Nigeria. It is a one-stop shop for the procurement of cost-effective technical assistance services for Primary Health Care (PHC) service delivery. READ MORE HERE! Advisory Council | Group Care Global

Vlorian Molliqaj, welcome to the GCG Advisory Council! Vlorian is a public health professional with extensive experience in program management, fundraising, and strategic planning. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Health Science with a specialization in Health Economics from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He has been instrumental in implementing health and social initiatives in Kosovo, notably serving as the Kosovo country lead during the GC1000 project, part of the European Union-funded Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. FIND OUT MORE HERE: https://lnkd.in/emKxBgxM #groupcare #GC1000 #groupcare1000

Congratulations to our GC_1000 colleagues and collaborators! This is open access, so please share widely. Implementing group care in Dutch and Surinamese maternity and child care services: the vital importance of addressing outer context barriers | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | Full Text (biomedcentral.com) Nele Martens,?Tessa M.I. Haverkate,?Ashna D. Hindori-Mohangoo,?Manodj P. Hindori,?Carolien J. Aantjes,?Katrien Beeckman,?Astrid Van Damme,?Ria Reis,?Marlies Rijnders,?Rianne RMJJ van der Kleij?&?Mathilde R. Crone #GC1000 #GroupCare