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Laerdal Global Health

Not-for-profit company established to help save lives of newborns and mothers on the day of birth.

We develop innovative, highly affordable, durable, easy-to-use, and culturally acceptable products to help reduce child and maternal mortality and make a significant contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goal SDG3.

02/02/2026

Last week, we welcomed Head of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) Secretariat, Luc Laviolette, to our HQ in Stavanger.

Under Luc’s leadership, GFF is driving its strategy to transform health systems and save lives in high-burden and fragile settings. Funded by GFF, the Safer Births Bundle of Care (SBBC) was highlighted as a high-impact, evidence-based program and a strong example of how proven innovations can be successfully scaled.

Together with LGH's Tore Lærdal, Ingrid Lærdal, Eivind Fjeldstad, and Karoline Myklebust Linde, we discussed innovative financing mechanisms, technical assistance, and the establishment of SBBC Centers of Excellence, with the ambition to scale to potentially 10 countries. Stay tuned for developments …

29/01/2026

When Sarah, a labouring mother, attended the Mallakachalla Primary Health Care Centre in Borno State, Nigeria, she did not anticipate a difficult breech birth – or that her baby would be born not breathing.

Fortunately for Sarah, Midwife Abigail Antony - one of over 130 healthcare providers in Borno state trained via the Safer Births Bundle of Care program - was on shift and knew just what to do.

Midwife Abigail's actions were the difference between life and death.

Baby Mary survived.

💚 Discover Baby Mary's story in full: https://laerdalglobalhealth.com/Resources/news/save-story-baby-mary/

Story & Image Credit: Norwegian Church Aid Nigeria - NCA : Leading implementation partner for the Safer Births Bundle of Care in Borno state, Nigeria.

27/01/2026

Are you interested in learning how other countries are strengthening emergency care? Have a look at this video to see how our team is working with the government in Nepal to prepare frontline healthcare workers to provide timely, lifesaving care.

“Basic Emergency Care is a priority for the government… the focus going forward will be to take the training to every health facility to strengthen emergency responses. As we are scaling up, it needs to be highly effective both in terms of training results, but also highly cost- effective, and sustainable, too.”
— Dr. Prakash Budhathoky, Ministry of Health Population and Chief of Health Emergency and Disaster Management Unit

25/01/2026

Advancing health through stronger partnerships across sectors and regions 🤝

Laerdal Global Health is proud to be a partner of the first-ever African–Nordic Health Summit, a platform designed to strengthen collaboration between African and Nordic partners, focusing on policy dialogue, advocacy, and capacity building.

Our Founder, Tore Lærdal, Chair Ingrid Lærdal, and Advocacy Director Eivind Fjeldstad took part in the summit, connecting with global health leaders aiming to move from dialogue to measurable, system-level impact.

Here were their takeaways from the event:

➡️ The case for more: whilst great examples were shared from all countries represented, there is still space for additional Nordic-African partnerships, both from the public and private sector.

➡️ The need to scale what works: Nigerian Health Commissioner of Borno State, Prof. Dr. Baba Gana, shared the recent remarkable results his state is seeing after implementing the Safer Births Bundle of Care, which was first implemented to great success in Tanzania.

➡️ The importance of health sovereignty: African governments are setting the agenda, but welcome Nordic partnerships where it helps to strengthen health systems.

By transitioning from pilots to implementation at scale, and from time-limited projects to programs that are integrated into policy and government health plans, we can accelerate progress and ensure investments translate into lasting outcomes.

📸 Group Image Credit: Mikkel Becker-Aakervik, Thought Leader Global (Pictured: Ingrid Lærdal, Eivind Fjelstad, Borno Health Commissioner Baba M. Gana, Tore Lærdal, Presidential Advisor Dr. Salma Ibrahim Anas, and Ogun Health Commissioner Dr. Tomi Coker).

23/01/2026

Today is Maternal Health Awareness Day 2026.

Every year, thousands of mothers lose their lives to preventable complications during childbirth. One of the leading causes is postpartum hemorrhage (PPH): severe bleeding after birth.

Maria could have been one of these mothers.

The difference between life and death for Maria - and many women globally - is well-trained healthcare providers. Maria's providers were trained through the Safer Births Bundle of Care program, a program centred on regular, on-site, low-dose, high-frequency simulation training on the leading causes on maternal and newborn deaths.

By practicing real-life scenarios frequently and in their own clinical settings, teams build the confidence and skills needed to act fast when emergencies occur
At Laerdal Global Health, we advocate for this proven approach, supported by innovative tools like MamaNatalie.

👉 Learn more about Safer Births Bundle of Care: www.saferbirths.com

📽️ Watch Maria's story in full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMYk_Q4jQA

22/01/2026

This week, a delegation of Francophone African Ministry of Health representatives visited Haydom Lutheran Hospital to learn from Tanzania’s experience implementing the Safer Births Bundle of Care (SBBC), a program proven to reduce maternal deaths by 70% and newborn deaths by 40%.

The exchange focused on identifying practical opportunities to adapt and implement SBBC in their own countries. With support from The Global Financing Facility (GFF), they’re working to strengthen quality of care for mothers and newborns.

The visiting countries and partners were able to learn directly from Tanzania’s implementation of the SBBC through health facility visits, implementation presentations, and practical learning sessions. They also discussed how to translate these lessons into concrete country-level planning intended to strengthen collaboration and alignment among partners around SBBC scale-up and adaptation.

Key takeaways:

✅ SBBC is more than a program - it’s a proven approach.

✅ Practical, implementation-level learning from SBBC can be adapted into actionable plans in other countries, informed by Tanzania’s real-world experience.

By learning from Tanzania’s experience, we’re one step closer to reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and improving quality of care in Africa and beyond.

19/01/2026

🚑 Collaborating to Strengthen Emergency Care Across Nepal

Last week marked an important milestone in scaling Basic Emergency Care (BEC) training nationwide in Nepal.

Led by Nepal’s Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC) and the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Laerdal Global Health CEO Karoline Myklebust Linde officially handed over nine Emergency Care Learning Lab (ECLL) kits and two ALS Baby Trainer manikins to national and provincial emergency care training stakeholders representing all seven provinces. These tools will support hands-on, onsite skills practice and strengthen the delivery of BEC across the country.

“These kits will enable us to provide high-quality, hands-on training, reaching even the most remote regions of the country, and ensuring that our healthcare workers are well-prepared for critical situations.”
— Dr. Prakash Budhathoky, Chief of HEOC

The event was attended by the Honorable Minister of Health and Population, the MoHP Additional Secretary, and the Chief of HEOC, alongside the Norwegian Ambassador to Nepal, the WHO Representative to Nepal, and other key partners.

With strong government endorsement, BEC has the potential to be a scalable national solution to strengthen emergency care systems and help save more lives across Nepal.

Learn more 👇
https://laerdalglobalhealth.com/Resources/news/nepal-scale-up-of-bec/

14/01/2026

Today, Laerdal Global Health team members Asmita Acharya and Alemnesh Reta had the very special honor of demonstrating our Safer Births Bundle of Care solutions, including the MamaNatalie post-partum hemorrhage simulator for His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and the Norwegian Minister of Health.

The visit was part of a tour of our production facility, where some of Laerdal Medical's world-leading patient simulators are made – all contributing to our shared goal of helping save one million lives every year.

12/01/2026

New Research Alert 🌟

Damas Juma et al published their findings into the readiness of health facilities to provide quality maternal and newborn care after implementing the Safer Births Bundle of Care program - and the results were impressive.

After implementation of the Safer Births Bundle of Care, health facilities’ readiness increased from 67.6% to 83.7%.

✅ Equipment: 77.1% → 94.0%
✅ Commodities: 69.3% → 83.1%
✅ Guidelines: 50.8% → 96.7%

Read the full study here: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13/23/3060

09/01/2026

To help support the scale-up of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s successful Basic Emergency Care (BEC) program and increase its impact, together, we’ve developed a hybrid, blended learning approach and an innovative Emergency Care Learning Lab for onsite hands-on training.

The Emergency Care Learning Lab is a cost-effective training kit that supports continuous learning at the workplace. It’s a comprehensive solution covering airway, breathing, circulation, immobilization, physical examination, trauma, and wound care. It also includes adult and infant CPR manikins and a free QCPR app that provides real-time feedback and performance insights.

The Emergency Care Learning Lab is:
🎒 Portable – All equipment fits nested in a lightweight backpack.
💡 Affordable – Offered on a not-for-profit basis for countries with the highest mortality.
🔧 Durable – Built for hundreds of training cycles using the low-dose, high-frequency methodology, the kits remain in facilities for regular refresher practice.

Learn more about this practical approach to strengthening emergency care in low-resource settings here 👉https://bit.ly/4jtAoJn

07/01/2026

🌟 Spotlight on Dr. Grace Qorro🌟

At Laerdal Global Health, we’re proud to celebrate our colleague Dr. Grace Qorro, a global health expert dedicated to improving healthcare across Africa for nearly two decades.

Grace leads our simulation-based education initiatives in Tanzania, strengthening healthcare workers’ skills and confidence to improve outcomes for mothers and newborns. She played a key role in the highly successful Safer Births Bundle of Care (SBBC) program and now leads its national implementation and scale-up across Tanzania.

Her work is complemented by her doctoral research on the institutionalization of SBBC interventions within the healthcare system. Through mentoring, training, and health systems strengthening, Grace has made a lasting impact on the quality of maternal and newborn care.

Congratulations to Grace on her meaningful contribution to our goal of helping save one million lives every year by 2030.

31/12/2025

Our 2025 wrapped! Here's just some of the highlights 👇

Thank you to all the partner organizations and individuals we have collaborated with in 2025, plus a BIG thanks to the whole LGH team for another year of exceptional work, driven by our mission to help save more lives.

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Helping save lives of mothers and babies is our mission. Every day, babies and mothers die from preventable birth-related complications. Most of them in low-resource settings. We believe we can help.

We seek to develop innovative, highly affordable, durable, easy-to-use and culturally acceptable products to that can help reduce child and maternal mortality and make a significant contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals