ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Every pregnancy should be safe, yet nearly 800 mothers die daily from preventable complications.
Brought to you by Every Pregnancy, a global coalition of health organizations, Born Into is a maternal health podcast that explores what needs to happen to make moms and babies safe worldwide. The show invites the world’s most dynamic thinkers, scientists, and advocates to share solutions to this critical issue.
Born Into is hosted by Isra Chaker, a Syrian-American mother, activist, and CEO of Every Pregnancy. Isra’s empathetic worldview and track record of leadership lend the show’s serious subject matter an undeniable warmth and positivity.
Subscribe now to hear the powerful stories transforming maternal health around the world.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 12 days
Average audio length:
48 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
15 episodes
since Sept. 23, 2025
serial
OLDEST EPISODE 🔗
Explore how we can make every pregnancy safe with host Isra Chaker, Syrian-American mother, activist, and CEO of Every Pregnancy.
Born Into highlights the thinkers, scientists, and advocates driving change in maternal health worldwide.
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Access to basic medicines shouldn’t depend on your postcode, but for millions, it still does.
Emmanuel Akpakwu, founder of Axmed, is reimagining the pharmaceutical supply chain to make high-quality medicines affordable for mothers and children. He explains how his social enterprise uses technology…
Maternal deaths are not accidents; they are failures of systems, leadership, and accountability.Her Excellency Toyin Saraki, Founder of The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, reflects on decades of advocacy for respectful maternity care and health-system accountability. From WASH standards in Nigerian ho…
A simple, one-dollar tool is changing how postpartum hemorrhage is detected and treated, saving mothers’ lives in minutes.
From Karachi to Islamabad, Dr. Sidrah Nausheen, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Aga Khan University, is leading lifesaving innovations in one of South A…
Around the world, the color of your skin can still determine whether you survive childbirth.Sandra Igwe, Founder of The Motherhood Group, speaks candidly about her own traumatic birth experience and how it led her to campaign for Black maternal health. She shares what the data show—Black women are …
When doctors are few and time is everything, predicting risk can mean the difference between life and death.Dr. Aqil Jaigirdar, founder of the Maternal Aid Association (MAA Global), shares how his team is building digital tools—like Gravida—to predict and prevent complications during pregnancy. Fro…
Babies born too soon are often born invisible to health systems, policy, and public concern.Born prematurely herself, Doris Mollel is the founder of the Doris Mollel Foundation and has made it her life’s mission to support mothers and babies who begin their journey too soon. She discusses the stigm…
Nadeen Ayoub made history as the first Miss Palestine at Miss Universe, then came home to a reality where Palestinian mothers give birth without clean water, without safe passage through checkpoints, without knowing if they'll survive. Nadeen refuses to let occupation define identity. This epi…
Humza Yousaf on why governments must treat maternal health as a strategic investment, not an afterthought. From Scotland's Baby Box and Best Start Grants to raising his own taxes to fund them, a conversation about what political leadership grounded in faith, empathy, and equity actually looks …
Imad Alarnab had a restaurant empire in Damascus. In six days, the Syrian war took it all. He fled with nothing, cooked for 400 refugees on church steps in Calais, and watched pregnant women make impossible journeys across borders. He never stopped cooking. This episode is about what it means to wi…
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