Laerdal Global Health and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) are exploring new opportunities for collaboration to strengthen the global midwifery workforce.

Explore how partners are strengthening the healthcare workforce through simulation-based training, Safer Births Bundle of Care, Basic Emergency Care, midwifery education, and health system strengthening across Africa and Asia.

Laerdal Global Health has joined a new Gates Foundation-funded partnership to strengthen maternal and newborn health in Northern Nigeria, reaching more than 190 health facilities and over 10 million women.

Nepal has launched its first national Simulation Accreditation Manual for Clinical Training Sites, creating a standardized framework to assess, strengthen, and accredit simulation-based healthcare training nationwide.

In this LGH insights blog, Design Manager Ole Terje Ostrem explores how user-centered design shaped the updated Moyo fetal heart rate monitor, improving clarity, usability, and confidence in clinical decision-making. The updated Moyo builds on user insights and clinical experience to support safer, more effective fetal monitoring. Moyo is also a key innovation in the Safer Births Bundle of Care, supporting safer care for mothers and newborns.

Read how midwives in South Sudan are using hands-on simulation to build muscle memory, master lifesaving protocols, and transform clinical guidelines into calm, confident action.

Prof. Baba Gana's visit to Norway offered a chance to reflect on a remarkable journey with the Safer Births Bundle of Care that is already delivering life-saving results for mothers and newborns in Borno State.

In this interview, Norwegian Church Aid Country Director Berhanu Haile shares insights from Borno State, the impact of the Safer Births Bundle of Care, the partnerships driving its success, and why proven, scalable solutions are essential to improving maternal and newborn survival across Nigeria.

Makueni County is making history! Read how Kenya’s very first locally funded Safer Births Bundle of Care training is empowering doctors and midwives to save the lives of mothers and newborns.

The updated Moyo builds on the trusted features of the original to provide improved fetal heart rate monitoring during labor.  

Through Laerdal's Buy One, Gift One program together with ICM, Universitas Aisyah Pringsewu in Indonesia integrated ten MamaNatalie simulators into their classrooms. By introducing realistic anatomy and hands-on practice, they have closed the gap between classroom theory and real-world clinical readiness for over 150 trainees.

Discover key insights from Laerdal Global Health's visit to Ethiopia, focused on maternal and newborn health training, partnership collaboration, and supporting healthcare workers through hands-on learning.

Our team has just wrapped up five inspiring days of learning, sharing insights, and collaboration at the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Congress in Lisbon. We joined more than 3,000 participants to explore solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing women, mothers, and newborns worldwide. Read some of our key highlights.

LGH's Country Director for Nigeria, Obinna Orjingene, shares insights about how outcomes depend not only on what we invest in, but on how interventions are implemented. This blog explores how Nigeria is advancing maternal and newborn health equity through evidence-based, high-impact implementation.

This conversation with UNICEF's Director of Health Programs, Helga Fogstad, explores how strong partnerships are essential for proven solutions to be scaled.

Learn how Laerdal Global Health’s Buy One Gift One program is supporting CapaCare's mission to strengthen clinical decision-making and hands-on skills in obstetric emergencies in Liberia.

Laerdal Global Health joined global leaders at the 2026 World Health Assembly to advance solutions for stronger health systems and improved maternal and newborn outcomes. Key discussions focused on turning global commitments into country-level impact by scaling proven approaches and strengthening collaboration.

Laerdal Global Health and FIGO are expanding simulation-based training to strengthen maternal and newborn care in low-resource settings, equipping thousands of healthcare workers with essential skills.

In honor of International Day of the Midwife, this Partner Q&A with ICM's Chief Midwife, Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, highlights the critical role midwives play in reducing maternal and newborn mortality worldwide – and that the world needs one million more of them. Investing in a well-educated, empowered midwifery workforce is one of the most effective strategies to improve survival, strengthen health systems, and ensure high-quality care for women and newborns everywhere.

Through Laerdal’s Buy One Gift One campaign with WFSA, healthcare workers in Sierra Leone are gaining critical skills using donated MamaBirthie CS simulators to improve maternal care. Read how simulation-based training is strengthening clinical decision-making.

An update on strengthening health systems, scaling proven solutions, and partnering to ensure safer births for mothers and newborns.

Eivind Fjeldstad, LGH's Director of Advocacy and Implementation, reflects on this year’s African Union Summit, where health sovereignty took center stage.

Discover how to connect and engage with the LGH delegation at the upcoming IMNHC 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. 

In our latest Partner Q&A, we speak with Kristie Magee Porcaro, Chief Strategy Officer at Operation Smile, about what is needed to ensure babies born with a cleft condition have access to feeding support as a prerequisite to safe surgical care.

Discover how through Laerdal’s BOGO program, donated MamaBirthie simulators empower Liberia’s trainees to build vital obstetric skills, boosting confidence, strengthening decision‑making, and improving maternal care quality in resource‑limited settings.

In partnership with Laerdal Global Health and supported by the Gates Foundation, the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria is helping shift midwifery and nursing education from theory-only learning to hands-on, competency-based training.

In this conversation with Luc Laviolette, Head of Secretariat, Global Financing Facility (GFF), he shares insights about innovative financing, catalytic partnerships, and how the Safer Births Bundle of Care reflects the GFF's approach to supporting country-led, evidence-based programs to scale lifesaving innovations.

Discover Baby Mary's story, who was saved thanks to healthcare workers trained through the Safer Births Bundle of Care program in Borno state, Nigeria.

At a recent handover event in Nepal, LGH presented the Ministry of Health with Emergency Care Learning Lab kits to support the national scale-up of the Basic Emergency Care program.

Sharing progress and future plans for scaling what we know works.

Discover more about how this partnership will improve the quality of care for mothers and newborns in three states in Nigeria.

Insights from our country managers in Nepal, India, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.

Learn why and how Laerdal Global Health is expanding its mission from maternal and newborn care to also include emergency care.

Implementations of the Safer Births Bundle of Care program kicked off in January 2025 in Gombe and Borno States in Northeastern Nigeria. Already the program is making an impact and helping to save the lives of mothers and newborns. Discover more about the program's early impact.

Discover the story of Baby Rahama from Northeastern Nigeria, whose life was saved thanks to a well-trained health care worker.

As part of Prematurity Awareness Month, Prof. Rettedal, Neonatologist, shares insights from her work advancing Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care (iKMC)—a lifesaving intervention transforming neonatal care in low-resource settings. “For decades, we separated mothers and babies—not out of neglect, but from not knowing better. Now we know better.”

Discover the highlights from the FIGO 2025 World Congress in Cape Town.

Through empowering midwives and birth attendants in Cameroon with hands-on training and resources, the With Women Project is making a difference to the lives of mothers and newborns.

Together, FIGO and Laerdal Global Health are calling for applications to receive birthing simulators. The campaign, launched at the FIGO World Congress 2025, in Cape Town, aims to improve access to hands-on training in low- and middle-income countries.

Keep up to date with our latest news, plus insights from experts and partners working in the world of maternal and newborn health.

At a recent training in Fiji, Laerdal’s Emergency Care Learning Lab was used alongside the WHO’s Basic Emergency Care course as part of a partnership of healthcare organizations working to strengthen emergency and critical care systems across the Pacific.

Last week, at the recent Safer Births Bundle of Care Annual Stakeholders Meeting, delegates from several countries, researchers, government representatives, global partners, and donors gathered at Haydom Lutheran Hospital in Tanzania. The event was a platform to share lessons, present results, and align strategies for national scale-up of the program in Tanzania and expansion to other countries.

Nearly 900 birthing simulators have been awarded to 56 educational institutions from 13 countries across Africa as part of a partnership campaign with the University of Global Health Equity to support healthcare workers to manage the leading causes of maternal and newborn deaths.

In our latest partner Q&A, Kjetil Torgeirsen PhD fellow and training programs leader at the SAFER simulation center in Norway shares how his work and research have been used to inform best practices in simulation-based training and education. Explore how the introduction to simulation program, SimBegin was used in the Safer Births Bundle of Care program to foster a culture of safe learning, improve outcomes, and serve as a model of simulation training at its best.

With a strong presence and trusted reputation in the Nigerian healthcare sector, JNC International will distribute Laerdal solutions and provide partners, customers, and users with dedicated product and program support.

Through the Buy One Gift One initiative with the International Confederation of Midwives, MamaNatalie simulators and Helping Mothers and Babies Survive materials were distributed to high-impact global projects, including training healthcare providers in Namibia.

Discover the story of Maria Charles, whose life was saved after delivery of her 8th baby, thanks to healthcare workers who had been trained through the Safer Births Bundle of Care program in Tanzania.

Led by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and supported by partners, the Saving Little Lives program is transforming neonatal and maternal care with innovative, research-driven interventions—laying the groundwork for future collaboration in Ethiopia.