In Bara District, One Heart Worldwide and its partners are learning that safe motherhood depends on more than nearby clinics, it depends on earning the trust of the families and elders who shape a mother's choices.

High in the mountains of Dolpa District, where winter empties the health posts and language keeps many women silent, a field officer's visit helped Dawa find the care and information she couldn't reach on her own.

Nepal has made remarkable strides in maternal and newborn health, but as experts discussed in a recent webinar, deep provincial disparities remain.

"We never had such a health education program in our village." For new mothers like Soneeya in Myagdi, learning about safe pregnancy has changed what care looks like close to home.

A family physician who has spent her career transforming how primary care works, Dr. Kirsten Meisinger brings a deep belief in team-based, person-centered medicine to her role as One Heart Worldwide's Board Chair.

When a woman went into a difficult labor in a remote Baglung village, the men of the community carried her barefoot down a cliff to reach help, and Arlene Samen knew her work in Nepal was only beginning.