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On November 15, 2012, the Forsyth County Infant Mortality Reduction Coalition in partnership with the March of Dimes, Healthy Start Baby Love Plus Network and Forsyth Medical Center hosted a conference called Taking the Life Course Perspective to Promote Preconception Health and Health Care: Towards the Promise for Equity in Birth Outcomes. Speakers included Merry-K […]

It is hard to believe but the 3rd National Preconception Health Summit starts this Sunday June 12th in Tampa, Florida! People attending the Summit can learn more about Every Woman Southeast and meet members of the leadership team in a number of ways. First, we’ll have a booth outside the opening session on Sunday night…and […]

We are excited to announce the first webinar in a series of six focused on integrating systems of care for women of reproductive age. The series launches on March 16 from 12-1 EST. Our first speaker is Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Director of the UNC Perinatal Psychiatry Program. She will focus on screening and treating women […]

As we look back over 2010, South Carolina can be proud to have taken great strides in advancing preconception health. Consortia across the state have met to identify stakeholders, classify relevant data and brainstorm plans that will be promoted in each of its perinatal regions in 2011. Stakeholders in each region included professionals from all […]

Every Woman Southeast will be hosting our first webinar on November 4th, 2010 from 12-1:30pm EST. We have a great line up of speakers who will present a wide variety of options for groups to consider in organizing themselves to promote women’s wellness / preconception health. This information is relevant to groups interested in organizing […]

Our new website www.everywomansoutheast.org went live on Sunday October 10, 2010! While being on the web is a great step, the challenge will be keeping our website current and relevant, as well as making sure people know it exists. For that we need everyone’s help. If you see errors or broken links let us know. […]

We are now moving into the second phase of developing Every Woman Southeast. We have a small committee of volunteers from the region who are willing to offer their time to help develop funding proposals and find potential funders. If anyone out there would like to help or offer us ideas for funding, please do! […]

Against some big odds, the Every Woman Southeast Consortium was launched on Tuesday March 2nd in Atlanta. Teams from each of the eight states made it there along with representatives from the March of Dimes, CDC, AMCHP, HRSA, ACOG and HHS. We even had a surprise visit from the esteemed Dr. Fleda Jackson. We had […]

The travel teams are starting to come together although we still haven’t heard from a number of states. Of those who have submitted names, we have been pleased to see that a diversity of agencies will be represented. States with a pre existing preconception health council or structure may be having an easier time putting […]