Commissioned for the AFE Foundation by artist Liana Albers, these custom coloring pages are meant to inspire and nurture a creative outlet. Coloring and art therapy have been associated with decreasing symptoms brought on by physical and emotional stress and...
The AFE Foundation joins in solidarity with people of color, individuals, and organizations working to eradicate racism and implicit bias in maternal health. We recognize and acknowledge that change is necessary to reduce racial bias in maternal health and will act...
AFE survivor, grateful blood donor recipient and nurse shares her story and how she planned a replenishment blood drive for her son's first birthday. Like most of you reading this, when you live through a near death experience, you have a new perspective on life....
We have partnered with Sauce, a video crowdsourcing platform, to be able to upload all of your AFE awareness videos and photos into one place! This will allow us to stitch together your videos and show just how incredible our community of support really is!...
In October 2017, Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE) survivor, Kristy Keating suffered an AFE during the birth of her daughter Vivien. Kristy is a cheer coach, and at 33 weeks, she began to bleed while at a cheer competition for her older daughter. She ended up having an...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2018 Historic Bill Passes to Mandate AFE Education HARTFORD, Connecticut - The Connecticut Legislature, in a bipartisan manner, passed a historic bill which mandates the Connecticut Department of Public Health, in consultation with...
Why is March 27th AFE Awareness Day? This is the touching story of how one family’s life was forever changed by AFE and how their one simple action inspired a movement. On March 27, 2017 we received a call from a gentleman who was curious about our organization and...
Awareness comes in many forms. We are so appreciative to journalist Barrett Baker of Coastal Virginia Magazine for raising awareness of maternal health and the rising maternal mortality rate in the United States in the October 2017 issue. Also included is a...
Tango of the Vines joins the medal mania with their commemorative medal to celebrate the 2017 Fiesta San Antonio April 20-30th. Fiesta is an annual festival held over an 11-day period each spring and dates back to the latter part of the 19th century. Originally...
The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2017 (H.R. 1318) was introduced March 2, 2017 in the U.S. House of Representative by Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Congressmen John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Congressman Ryan Costello (R-PA), and Congresswoman Diana...
