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Press Releases

HMHB Welcomes New Board Members

Monday, June 17th, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (June 17, 2013) – The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) announces the appointment of two new board members and election of new Officers. The new board members bring a breadth of expertise and varying backgrounds to govern this national organization working on behalf of mothers, babies and families….  read more >>


Global Mobile Health Leader Reaches 500,000 Moms

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Text4baby celebrates 3rd birthday and milestone number of moms connected to health and safety information WASHINGTON, DC (February 13, 2013) – Since launch in February 2010, text4baby has sent over 62 million text messages to over 500,000 moms nationwide. This proven program’s message content is developed by health experts from the Centers…  read more >>


Study Shows Text4baby Prepares Participants for Motherhood

Monday, December 10th, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2012 Study of Innovative Free Health Text Messaging Service Shows Participants Prepared for Motherhood WASHINGTON, DC (December  10, 2012) – Following last week’s mHealth Summit, the largest event of its kind where leaders focus on how wireless technology can improve health outcomes, text4baby announced results from the first randomized evaluation…  read more >>


Text4baby Partners with Feel Rich and R&B Singer Tyrese

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

  Text4baby Partners with Feel Rich and R&B Singer Tyrese to Deliver Mobile Health Information to New & Expecting Moms   Partnership will leverage the multicultural healthy living movement to reach moms with important health and safety education messages WASHINGTON, DC, November 14, 2012 – Text4baby, the free mobile health service for pregnant women and…  read more >>


Text4baby Encourages Moms to Get the Flu Shot

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

New Interactive Feature Reminds Moms about Flu Appointments Washington, DC, October 25, 2011 – Text4baby, the free mobile health service for pregnant women and new moms, is launching a new enhancement to the program. The text4baby service will now include additional educational messages about the flu shot and an option for users to receive flu…  read more >>


Text4baby Wins PRSA 2011 Best of Silver Anvil Award

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Organizations Partner to Promote “Going Mobile With Pregnancy Education” June 10, 2011 – The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) presented the 2011 Best of Silver Anvil Award to the “Text4baby: Going Mobile With Pregnancy Education” campaign, which provided and promoted a free service that sends weekly text messages to educate women on how to…  read more >>


Text4baby Announces Plans to Reach One Million Moms

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Commitment from Johnson & Johnson Enables Growth of Nation’s Largest Mobile Health Initiative November 9, 2010 – The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) today announced a major expansion of its groundbreaking text4baby program, a free mobile information service offering practical information for improved maternal and infant health. The expansion of the platform and…  read more >>


text4baby & USDA

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

text4baby & USDA Team Up to Help Babies Get a Healthy Start October 12, 2010 – The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have partnered to share text4baby, HMHB’s free mobile health service, with pregnant women and new mothers who receive services through USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program…  read more >>


Are You Up-to-Date? Vaccinate!

Monday, August 30th, 2010

National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition Calls on the Country to Observe National Immunization Awareness Month August 30, 2010 – During National Immunization Awareness Month, the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) is reaching out to educate families about the need for immunization across the lifespan.  The importance of immunization at all ages and…  read more >>


text4baby is HHSinnovates Award Winner

Friday, August 6th, 2010

HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces text4baby as HHSinnovates Award Winner August 6, 2010 – Text4baby, a program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), has been honored with a US Department of Health and Human Services HHSinnovates award, presented by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a ceremony in Washington, DC.  This week, Representatives from…  read more >>