Providing life-saving, life-changing support and information for mums and babies
What is Team Mum?
Team Mum’s Pregnant Women’s Groups are designed to bring pregnant women together into groups to provide life-saving information on how women can keep themselves and their babies safe during pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Pregnant Women’s Groups have emerged as a popular and effective approach for improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Women are invited to six sessions that cover information such as: recognising pregnancy danger signs, the importance of antenatal and postnatal care, giving birth in hospital and caring for your newborn.
“If I didn’t go to hospital I probably would have died. Thanks to Team Mum I knew the importance of going to hospital.“
Team Mum participant
Why Team Mum?
Kenya’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) is 355 maternal deaths out of ever 100,000 live births. This is staggering given that the global average MMR is 223.
Pregnant Women’s Groups are proven to have a positive impact on maternal and neonatal health; they are a cost-effective and impactful strategy to decrease neonatal and maternal mortality in low-resource settings.
Since 2019, we have seen the positive impact that Pregnant Women’s Groups have had in Meru, Kenya. You can read more about this impact below.
“Women’s groups practising participatory learning and actions led to substantial reductions in neonatal and maternal mortalities in rural, low-resource settings.”
Prost et al., The Lancet, 2013
How does it work?
At Child.org we know that meaningful, sustainable change comes from close collaborations with local community and government – and this is how Team Mum works.
We work with the County Health Management Teams to train them on the delivery of content for the Pregnant Women’s Groups sessions. Members of Sub-County Health Management Teams then train local Community Health Assistants and Promoters to run Team Mum sessions in their own communities.
Our success so far
Since 2019, Team Mum Pregnant Women’s Groups have expanded and adapted to two more counties: Narok and Garissa. This includes the launch of Pregnant Adolescent Groups, which offer more teen-friendly group sessions.
To date, 13,811 women and girls have joined a Team Mum group.
What’s next?
Child.org’s work adapts to new counties, contexts and communities. This means Team Mum is always changing and growing in exciting new directions – and in 2026 we look to expand to three more counties in Kenya.
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