CAM Global

CAM believes that midwives play a unique and fundamental role in the provision of quality reproductive, maternal, and newborn health care in Canada and around the world. CAM works in partnership with the National Council of Indigenous Midwives [NCIM] to ensure equitable access to excellent sexual, reproductive, and newborn midwifery services for all. Since 2008, CAM Global has been working with partners in low-resource countries In Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America to improve maternal and neonatal health, empowering women and girls through an evidence and human rights-based approach.

Midwifery is the most effective way to expand access to primary health care and Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for women and girls. Our work aligns with global priorities, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.

Where We Work

CAM Global currently has projects in: the Democratic Republic of Congo (SMART RMC) , Haiti (PASSREL) , Somalia & Somaliland (SMEPS), South Sudan HR4SRH & SMART RMC) , Tanzania and Venezuela (Atención Segura Respetuosa – Zulia)

Why Partner with CAM Global?

At CAM Global, we are committed to ensuring that every adolescent, adult, and newborn has access to equitable, accessible, and life-saving care. Our approach is rooted in the power of collaboration. By working closely with our partner associations, we create a culturally respectful environment of mutual learning and shared expertise. This partnership ensures that care is culturally sensitive and tailored to the unique needs of each community, enabling us to build stronger, more resilient healthcare systems that prioritize respectful and inclusive care for all.

Association Strengthening

CAM collaborates with midwifery association partners and National Health Ministries on mutual capacity-building initiatives, providing governance, technical, and operational expertise to develop policies and programs that address gaps and strengthen health systems. By offering technical assistance in governance, policy and program development, and financial management, we ensure that associations achieve their goals and meet the needs of their members.

Conducted more than 50 trainings in areas of financial management, policy development, communications, and entrepreneurship undertaken to support the sustainability of the midwifery associations in South Sudan, Haiti, Somalia / Somaliland, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Advocacy

In collaboration with national midwifery associations, CAM works towards advancing women and girls rights, strengthening the midwifery profession as it relates to education, regulation and improving their working conditions of their membership. CAM uses innovative technology to advance advocacy and public engagement, supporting partners in their efforts to reach vulnerable communities via telephone hotlines, digital media, print, and radio.

Supported training of over 1000+ midwives in gender equity, emergency skills, respectful maternity care, and infection prevention and control as part of their continuing professional development
More than 100,000 callers received midwifery support from the The Alo Saj Fanm hotline in Haiti
South Sudan Nurses and Midwives Association advocated for increased wages for nurses and midwives and personal protective equipment to support health workers during the 2020-22 COVID pandemic
Helped raise the profile of the profession at the government level, culminating in the inclusion of midwifery in Haiti’s Strategic Health Plan for the first time, and the creation of a new national order of midwives in the DRC
Reached over 4+ million people with critical information about sexual and reproductive health and rights in South Sudan, Somalia / Somaliland, DRC, and Haiti through radio, television, print and digital media.

Promotion of Excellence

With a focus on sustainability, CAM Global, in partnership with national midwifery associations and a vast network international health expertise, provides continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for members. Together, we have developed specialized, culturally sensitive training programs that have benefited over 5,000 midwives and healthcare providers globally, enhancing their capacity to deliver high-quality, life-saving SRHR services. CAM also offers technical expertise to support national associations in setting and maintaining standards for education, clinical practice, and professional competency.

Supported training of over 1000+ midwives in gender equity, emergency skills, respectful maternity care, and infection prevention and control as part of their continuing professional development
5300 + health personnel trained in Respectful Maternity Care 2000+ midwives trained in Emergency Skills 100+ midwives trained in Infection Prevention and Control 500 + tutors trained 100 + midwives trained in clinical communication, web and social media trainings
Developed national midwifery curricula and clinical teaching and learning manuals in South Sudan and Somalia / Somaliland.

“During the Midwifery Emergency Skills Training (MEST), I learned life-saving skills for mothers and babies. When I returned to my clinic, I trained the other midwives. Soon after, a woman arrived with a postpartum hemorrhage. Thanks to my training, I was able to save her life, and she even named her baby after me.”—Eucabeth Oyengo speaking about MEST training in Tanzania.

Photo Exhibitions

Virtual Photo Exhibition: Somalia and Somaliland

Virtual Photo Exhibition: Haiti

Virtual Photo Exhibition: South Sudan

Current Projects

Human Resources for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (HR4-SRHR)

This project aims to increase the availability of skilled healthcare providers, improve attitudes and access to SRHR, and support the prevention of gender-based violence.

PASSREL

This project aims to improve the Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights for over 50,000 vulnerable citizens in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.i.

Strengthening Midwifery Education and Practice in Somalia and Somaliland (SMEPS)

In Somalia, Somaliland and Puntland, midwives work hard to reduce maternal mortality by addressing the critical shortage of skilled health care.

SMART RMC

Through the provision of gender-responsive, quality health care by a well-trained midwifery workforce, the SMART-RMC project aims to contribute to the reduction of maternal deaths in both the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

Atención Segura Respetuosa – Zulia

Attención Segura Respetuosa aims to improve the quality of culturally appropriate and gender-responsive maternal, newborn, and reproductive health services at targeted healthcare facilities for vulnerable communities, including indigenous communities in Zulia State.

Project SMIT

Led by UNFPA-Tanzania with implementing partners CAM and AMREF, the SMIT project aims to reduce Tanzania’s high rates of maternal and newborn mortality by increasing the availability of skilled midwives in the country. It takes a holistic approach by working at the community, institutional and policy levels.