Mission
Each year, millions around the world experience trauma, debility, and misery of severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (Hyperemesis Gravidarum or HG). We have empowered millions of people managing HG with information and support to minimize suffering, long-term health complications, and pregnancy loss. Our mission is to provide Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) support, advocacy, education, and research to improve treatment and outcomes.
HER Foundation envisions a world where all pregnant patients have access to compassionate, effective, and safe care for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, so patients and their children survive pregnancy and have a healthy future.
The HER Foundation is the global voice of HG and endeavors to achieve the following:
- Minimize suffering and complications via education and awareness.
- Eradicate morbidity and mortality due to inadequate/ineffective treatment.
- Improve outcomes through family support and advocacy.
- Promote standardized assessment and treatment to ensure consistent care.
- Raise awareness to increase support and access to effective care.
- Educate practitioners and caregivers on management and coping.
- Expand HG education and awareness among clinicians.
- Publish clinically relevant research to effect progress.
- Fundraise for research, awareness, and educational projects.
- Expand and validate tools for improved diagnosis and management globally.
Eradicate preventable maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity due to HG including: preterm birth, placental abruption, sepsis, preeclampsia, embolism, PTSD, PMADs, small for gestational age (SGA), neurodevelopmental delays, and autism spectrum disorders.
1 MOM is 2 Many, a collaborative campaign dedicated to creating meaningful policy that reduces maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity, launched in October 2020. This initiative builds on past progress and research:
Educate practitioners, families, and supporters across the globe on ways to manage and successfully cope with HG.
Advocate for policy to implement universal, adaptable treatment protocol to minimize the suffering and complications related to HG.
HER Foundation Research Priorities
Publications & Projects
- Assessment forms for health professionals
- Multilingual brochures
- Continuing Education for nurses
- Side-effects & effectiveness of meds
- Patient perceptions of prenatal care with/without HG
- Improve accuracy of general population books on pregnancy
- Protocol for nutritional supplementation (criteria, duration)
- Health professional attitudes & beliefs about HG
- HG management
- HG treatment protocol
- Survey Research Summaries
- HG & Foundation Awareness
- HG Symposium to link/educate health professionals & patients
- Abnormal outcomes Database (Maternal & Fetal)
- Education of societies and professionals on management
