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Kybele, Inc.

Visit www.kybeleworldwide.org to learn more! Our teams promote teaching and provide hands-on training in techniques that improve healthcare safety.

Kybele is a global nonprofit leader in health-system strengthening that is internationally recognized for improving the quality and safety of healthcare during childbirth in low-and middle-income countries. Since its formation in 2001, Kybele has saved the lives of mothers and babies around the world through host country collaboration and partnership. Our organization brings US, Canadian, Australian, and European healthcare professionals into host countries to work alongside doctors and nurses in their home environments. Kybele teams consist of experts in anesthesiology, obstetrics, and neonatology along with implementation scientists, nurses, respiratory therapists and others. Kybele connects people globally to protect the health and dignity of pregnant women and newborns. Kybele currently has programs in Ghana, Ukraine and the Balkan countries. Visit www.kybeleworldwide.org to learn more about our nonprofit and how together, we can make a difference.

09/09/2025

Kybele is celebrating incredible news!

Thanks to the partnership of , the Obstetric Triage Implementation Package (OTIP) is being integrated in the national pre-service curriculum for nurses and midwives throughout Ghana.

By including obstetric triage in the education of all nurses and midwives across the nation, life-saving knowledge and skills will be disseminated to all parts of the country, ensuring that women and babies get the care they need during childbirth.

Partnerships like this one help create sustained change that will impact the healthcare system in Ghana for years to come!

Learn more about how the OTIP program protects women and babies in childbirth at: https://kybeleworldwide.org/the-national-rollout-of-kybeles-otip/

08/25/2025

Have you ever wondered where the name Kybele came from?

The answer is Turkey.

Our founder, Dr. Medge Owen, spent time in Turkey on a Fulbright Scholarship to teach obstetric anesthesia and neonatal resuscitation. It’s where she was first inspired to provide every woman and baby a supportive, safe childbirth experience on a global scale.

While on a trip to a museum in Turkey, Owen came across the statue of a mysterious mother goddess, Kybele.

Kybele (also sometimes referred to as Cybele) was regarded as a life-giver, associated with maternity and fertility, in ancient Turkey. Kybele was often depicted as she is in this photo, on a throne and accompanied by lions or leopards to illustrate her revered status. And also like this photo, she was frequently portrayed in childbirth.

When Kybele the organization adopted the name of a revered mother figure from the place where our mission started, it was in recognition of the importance of women and babies and providing them with the best possible care.

To us, Kybele is not just a nod to the past, but a hope for the future, a future in which every mother and baby are as honored today as greatly as Kybele once was in this ancient birthplace of culture. We are working hard to fulfill this dream in a modern context through helping to create safe, positive childbirth experiences through compassionate, evidence-driven care.

📷 : Neolithic stone sculpture depicting Kybele photographed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey, where Dr. Owen first viewed the statute. © Laudibi | Dreamstime.com

07/30/2025

One of Kybele’s core values is equitable partnership with the local healthcare professionals in host countries.

Unfortunately, in global health contexts, this value isn’t always prioritized. In the 25+ years that Kybele has been established, its members have learned the power of equitable relationships and witnessed the inefficiencies caused when interventions aren’t centered around an equitable paradigm such as empowering the leadership of local healthcare experts or practicing cultural sensitivity.

For this reason, Kybele is proud to have signed the Brocher Declaration, a set of ethical guidelines for global health engagements.

The Brocher Declaration was created by the Advocacy for Global Health Partnerships (AGHP) in response to the rapid expansion of global health activity over the past few decades. This partnership was formed by individuals and organizations concerned about equity in global health collaborations and creates a space for learning and collaboration around this topic.

We encourage individuals and organizations who share our vision for global health to join us in signing and living out these values.

Help us ensure the fair treatment and dignity of people everywhere. Read the declaration today: https://www.ghpartnerships.org/brocher.

07/21/2025

✨✨ Big Announcement! ✨✨

Kybele is excited to announce the addition of Tom Newton-Lewis as our new Co-Executive Director for Business Operations and Strategic Growth!

Tom brings more than 17 years of experience in:
Global Operational and Technical Leadership
Health System Strengthening
Strategy, Organizational Development, and Business Development

Through his experiences in both field work and senior leadership positions within several international organizations, including FHI 360 and Oxford Policy Management, Tom has developed a passion for empowering global health organizations and building high-impact teams, making him an ideal addition to Kybele leadership.

As the landscape of global health continues to shift and the need for systemic change to improve the safety of childbirth remains high, Kybele wants to stay at the forefront of improving healthcare systems in the places that need it most. Tom will contribute to Kybele's mission through the expansion of strategic partnerships, intentional growth of local leadership, and building capacity to scale Kybele’s mission into an even broader context.

We’re looking forward to hearing more from Tom and his vision to help Kybele expand the life-saving work of making childbirth safer for women and babies around the world.

05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day from Kybele!

We celebrate the strength, love, hard-work, and resilience of mothers around the world. Kybele is honored to support safe childbirth and respectful lifelong care for every mother, everywhere.

Thank you for all you do this Mother’s Day and every day.

04/08/2025

Watch this newly released short video about Kybele's innovative and life-saving OTIP Package.

Thank you Grand Challenges Canada / Grands Défis Canada, the Ghana Health Service and all our grant funders, donors, and medical volunteers for partnering with and supporting this important and life-saving work.

To learn more about OTIP, visit:
https://kybeleworldwide.org/our-work/otip/

04/04/2025

Kybele is HIRING! Come Join Our Team!

Kybele is actively searching for a high-level executive to serve as the CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND STRATEGIC GROWTH.

Applications are open now until FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025.

For a detailed job description and requirements visit:
https://kybeleworldwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kybele-Employment-Application_Co-ED_04-02-25_Final-Version.pdf

03/25/2025

There are three things that cause the majority of newborn deaths around the world:

Prematurity
Asphyxia
Infection

Many of these deaths are preventable with modern medical interventions. The Making Every Baby Count Initiative (MEBCI) 2.0 is a partnership between Kybele, Ghana Health Service, and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation to provide the resources and training needed to change those numbers.

Learn more about the MEBCI 2.0 program and the thousands of babies who have benefited from it. Link in bio.

03/13/2025

Sometimes, one trip can change everything.

While Kybele does a lot of work in the areas of obstetric triage and advanced care for newborns, the origin of the Kybele story starts somewhere else–in obstetric anesthesia.

Kybele’s founder, Dr. Medge Owen, received a Fulbright Program scholarship in 1997 (pictured in first photo) to teach obstetric anesthesia and neonatal resuscitation in Turkey. That trip changed Dr. Owen’s life, starting a career-long passion for improving medical care for pregnant women–no matter where they lived.

Dr. Owen founded Kybele a few years later to forward that mission, and, since that time, Kybele has been training medical professionals and developing curriculum to improve obstetric anesthesia care in the Balkans.

One of these programs is an Annual School of Obstetric Anesthesia that provides hands-on training in the latest obstetric anesthesia techniques to anesthesiology faculty members and residents. This year we’ll be celebrating the 15th year of that program.

Obstetric anesthesiology continues to be an important part of the mission to improve childbirth safety around the world.

02/28/2025

Why is the Making Every Baby Count Initiative (MEBCI) in Ghana so important?

Because > 50% of deaths in children under five years old are babies who are less than 28 days old.

That number drives Kybele to partner with Ghana Health Service and Children's Investment Fund Foundation to bring advanced training to medical professionals on the frontlines of caring for these infants, as well as improving hospital systems and providing needed equipment to give babies the best care possible.

Source: International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2023.100632

02/19/2025

For change to last, it must be self-sustaining.

A hallmark of the Obstetric Triage Implementation Package (OTIP) is putting ownership into the hands of the medical professionals who use the training daily. As a result, OTIP is a program that continues long after the trainers have gone on to the next hospital.

Here’s how that model works:

🇬🇭🏆 Kybele trained 16 National Champions who live and work in Ghana.

🏥🏆 2 National Champions train about 10 Clinical Champions at a particular hospital.

👩🏿‍⚕️👨🏿‍⚕️ Clinical Champions train other staff and provide ongoing education.

Through this model Kybele lives out one of its core values: locally-grown care.

Read more about how OTIP empowers medical professionals to save the lives of pregnant women and their babies across Ghana: https://kybeleworldwide.org/the-national-rollout-of-kybeles-otip/

01/29/2025

Kybele was founded on a gap. Our founder, Dr. .owen, witnessed firsthand the gaps that exist between medical knowledge and application when it comes to caring for women and babies during childbirth nearly 30 years ago.

That observation sparked Kybele, and since that time, we have worked to develop simple, innovative medical solutions that help people most affected by these gaps. By identifying gaps in care and taking the time to understand the solutions that fit the context, we can save lives and reduce suffering.

Discover more on our website.

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