Calling all my #reproductivejustice warrior friends in the U.S. -- This to inform you that there are two nurse midwives participating in The Aspen Institute ’s 2020 New Voices Fellowship Program. Andre Ndayambaje is a midwife and neonatal nurse who was drawn to midwifery after nearly losing his sister and her newborn baby during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Andre was just 11 years old when his sister gave birth while they were hiding in a forest. Today, he says that he is “the voice and the messenger of the newborns, of preterm births, of small babies, of sick babies, who continue to die every day and every second due to preventable causes." JOHN LAZAME of Ghana is a trained nurse and a public health practitioner working to provide quality reproductive healthcare, including safe abortion services, across Ghana. Through MABIA-Ghana, John provides sexual and reproductive health and rights education to women and girls and ensures that two midwifery training colleges teach new midwives to perform safe abortion services. These are just 2 examples of why I believe there is hope for the future happening in this place. #AspenNewVoices #midwifery #maternalhealth #reproductivehealth #midwivessavelives #globalhealth …see more