CAM believes that midwives play a unique and fundamental role in promoting sexual health and reproductive rights, and in the provision of quality reproductive, maternal, and newborn health care – both in Canada, and internationally.
We support sustainable development goals and feminist international assistance policy by investing in a world where every adolescent, adult and newborn will have access to that care – care that can save lives.
Mission
CAM works with partners in low and middle-income countries to strengthen the profession of midwifery, in order to empower women and girls and improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. We accomplish our work using a feminist, human-rights, evidence- and results-based approach.
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.
The Zulia Project
Zulia Project aims to Improve quality, culturally appropriate, and gender-responsive maternal, newborn, and reproductive health services at targeted healthcare facilities for vulnerable communities, including Indigenous communities in Zulia state.
Past Projects
- Improved Service Delivery for Safe Motherhood (ISDSM)
- Midwives Save Lives (MSL)
- More and Better Midwives for Rural Tanzania (MBM)
- Saj Famn Pou Famn (SFF)
- Strengthening Services in South Sudan Phase 2 (SMSII)
