Reproductive health issues are inextricably linked throughout a person’s life: health during adolescence has an impact on a mother’s health during pregnancy, which subsequently affects the health of her children.

However, in many parts of the world, women and men suffer from largely preventable reproductive diseases that have lifelong consequences, and mothers and newborns still die at alarming rates during pregnancy and birth.

To improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (SRMCH), both men and women need access to appropriate health care and health information, adequate nutrition, healthy self-care practices and healthy relationships throughout their lives.

HealthBridge works with local partners worldwide to:

• Strengthen policies that protect SRMCH and promote gender equity among vulnerable groups;
• Engage men in SRMCH;
• Increase access to essential health services among hard to reach groups.

HealthBridge Executive Director Sian Fitzgerald discussed the Government of Canada’s funding for maternal and child health in an interview on CBC-TV. The program has been successful, she said, but must be continued so that it can reach those hardest to reach around the world.

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Watch Sian’s interview on CBC-TV

Learn more on our program page: Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, & Child Health