Babatunde Osotimehin
Babatunde Osotimehin
Individual Champion
Dr. Babtunde Osotimehin champions safe motherhood across the continent as only the fourth Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. He holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and was the African... MORE
Republic of Zimbabwe
National Champion
CARMMA celebrates the success of member state Zimbabwe in successfully implementing policies and programmes to improve maternal, newborn and child health.  The most important intervention to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality is to... MORE
Rose Mlay
Rose Mlay
Individual Champion
Rose Mlay, a midwife and former lecturer at Muhimbili University, has led the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania since 2005. She has brought together an influential coalition of individuals, NGOs, professional associations,... MORE
Mrs Sia Nyama Koroma
Mrs Sia Koroma
Individual Champion
The dedicated and charismatic Mrs Koroma, wife of President Koroma of Sierra Leone, is an active CARMMA champion. Trained as an organic chemist, and with experience of nursing in a London psychiatric hospital, Mrs Koroma regularly travels her... MORE
The Republic of South Africa
National Champion
The Republic of South Africa is one of CARMMA's National Champions.  The Republic of South Africa’s maternal mortality stands at 310 per 100,000 live births but they intend to reduce it to about 270 per 100,000 live births within 2 years of... MORE