1. Project Evening Geneva, 5 December Presentation of Zero Mothers Die By Dr Véronique Inès Thouvenot, Dr Jordi Serrano Pons

2. Our vision & mission 3 million women will die in the next 10 years
Zero Mothers Die is a global partnership initiative
to save the lives of pregnant women and their newborns
by disseminating mobile technologies to increase their
access to healthy pregnancy information and emergency care
3 million women
will die in the next 10 years
of pregnancy and childbirth-related complications (est. by WHO)

3. The problem
800 women die every day during pregnancy and childbirth due to preventable or treatable complications
What are the causes of the problem?
- Poverty, conflict, migration, natural disasters, inequities in access to health care, lack of education, lack of connectivity, lack of access to clean water, poor political engagement…

4. The solution Increasing Mobile Healthcare Information Dissemination
Through increased access by pregnant women to appropriate healthcare information, via mobile voice and text messages in local languages and dialects.
Accelerating Mobile Phone Ownership & Use
To increase access to healthcare, empower women with information, and reduce the mobile phone gender gap. This includes facilitating connections with healthcare workers through allocations of free airtime restricted to calling assigned local healthcare facilities and workers.
Education & Capacity-Building of Frontline Health Workers
Using tablets and smartphones preloaded with tools to support their work as well as up-to-date, tailored training materials in local dialects to improve maternal and child health in their communities.

5. The Results and Impact
Direct beneficiaries:
Pregnant women, adolescent girls, healthcare workers
How many are they?
Millions!
Over what time frame?
By 2030, UN SDGs
The impact of your action:
Drastic reduction of maternal mortality
Indicators: MMR, WHO, UNICEF

6. Governance

7. Finances Individual donations by crowdfunding campains USD 7,000
Corporate social responsability with private clinics Noalys Group
Euros 3,000
Founders
Euros 90,000
Voluntary Experts
Euros 40,000
1 part time salary (7 days per month)

8. Partners

9. Thanks for your kind attention!
Request of support
What are the 3 areas of support you are looking for from Giving Women?
Introduction, networking and learning from GW members heading major foundations, e.g. Womanity, Women Trust…
Support for ZMD strategy plan, financial plan and M&E indicators
Support for collaboration with maternity clinics and hospitals in Geneva and other places to support innovation for maternal health
Thanks for your kind attention!