Mothers of the Amazon River: a social innovation for health

Exploring how communities, citizen-led organizations and researchers are driving social innovations to improve health service delivery and strengthen health systems.

 

EPISODE #4

15 July 2021

GUESTS:

Magaly Blas, Director, Mamás del Río (Mothers of the River)

Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Senior Advisor, Pan American Health Organization

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About this episode

Mamás del Río is a social innovation focused on improving maternal and newborn health in rural regions of the Amazon in Peru and Colombia. This episode explores how communities, citizen-led organizations and researchers are driving social innovations such as Mamás del Rio to improve health service delivery and strengthen health systems.

“I think that before Mamás del Río, my approach was to get the research done. With Mamás del Río I learned that the focus should be the people and that I can use the research to make a difference.”  
See Magaly Blas's story here

Biographies of our host and guests

Garry Aslanyan

Executive Producer and Host of the Global Health Matters podcast

Email: aslanyang@who.int

Magaly Blas

Director, Mamás del Río (Mothers of the River)

Luis Gabriel Cuervo

Senior Advisor, Pan American Health Organization

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