Every Mother Counts

We are not here to be an organization in perpetuity, and we are conscious of the fact that there are so many players in this space already doing extraordinary work.

So follow Every Mother Counts, follow Birth Fund, follow For Kira, For Moms.

I'm not sure if you've met Charles Johnson yet, Governor, but you need to because he will tell you all about the critical role that fathers play in on the front lines of maternal health.

Follow Family Connects and go to our website to follow more.

All right.

Well, that's a perfect segue into something that I really want you to talk about and share with viewers and listeners because it's Christy Turlington Burns' organization, Every Mother Counts.

You have been involved with her organization for almost 10 years, really? Probably like nine years.

Yeah.

And it's not just about providing awareness and raising money for women in childbirth in Africa, but all over the world.

You've been to Africa many, many times with Christy Turlington.

And every mother counts.

I just want you to share like why you got involved in it, what you've seen on your trips to Africa and why it's been so important for you to participate in that.

I'm Yasmin Basugin.

So today on the show, we have supermodel Christy Turlington Burns, who is talking about her organization, Every Mother Counts.

So ahead of the midterm elections, they launched a campaign called the Mother of All Issues, which is putting a spotlight on women's health issues across this country, but more specifically, maternal mortality.

We're also digging into the affordability crisis in this country, more specifically food banks in West Virginia that are struggling with federal cuts and increased needs.

Thank you.

All right, another big issue in the upcoming elections has been access to health care.

Coming up, I'm talking to supermodel Christy Turlington Burns about how her nonprofit, Every Mother Counts, is shining a light on how to bring down maternal deaths.

That's next.

I guest curated a session about this topic at TED 2025, and I'm here now to share these very special talks with you, along with a lot of behind the scenes recordings and personal insights to shed some light on the process of how these talks came to life.

So in February 2024, a couple months before I gave my own TED Talk, I went to Tanzania with Christy Turlington Burns, who has an organization called Every Mother Counts, which is working to reduce maternal mortality around the world, including here in the United States.

And as part of that trip, we went to a Maasai village, and we met this woman.

Thank you.