Tuesday, October 7, 2025
WHO Approval of Point of Care test for ABO and Blood Typing
Working together to protect mothers & babies worldwide
Every mother deserves a safe pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Each year, more than 260,000 babies die or suffer lifelong disabilities from Rh disease — a completely preventable condition. These deaths happen simply because lifesaving maternal care is not accessible to them.
Where you live should not decide whether your baby lives or dies.
ABOUT US
Our mission is simple and urgent: No woman should lose a child to preventable disease.
The Worldwide Initiative for Rh disease Eradication (WIRhE) is a global nonprofit foundation working to end the suffering and loss caused by Rh disease, one of the most neglected and entirely preventable challenges in maternal and newborn health.
Each year, thousands of women give birth without access to routine blood testing and Rh disease prevention. Babies continue to die or face lifelong complications from a disease we already know how to prevent.
Together, we can work towards ending preventable newborn deaths and lifelong disabilities caused by Rh disease, and ensure every mother has access to the care they deserve.
Rh DISEASE
Rh disease happens when a pregnant woman’s blood and her baby’s blood don’t match, putting the baby’s life at risk.
Each year, thousands of newborns die or suffer lifelong disabilities from this condition, even though prevention has been available for more than 50 years.
No family should face this loss when the solution already exists.
WHY IT MATTERS
The human cost of inaction is devastating
-
5.5M
births at risk
each year -
3M
pregnant women
without care
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100k
lifelong
disabilities -
160k
perinatal
deaths
We already know how to stop Rh disease.
Now it’s time to make prevention available to every mother, everywhere.
NEWS & EVENTS
We bring together experts, healthcare workers, and advocates from around the world to share experiences, tackle challenges, and exchange innovative ideas in the fight against Rh disease.
Monday, October 6, 2025
6th Annual Dr. John G. Gorman Lectureship in Transfusion Medicine
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
WIRhE Announces New Organizational Structure
Thursday, August 28, 2025
SAVE THE DATE: 2nd International Alloimmune Conference on Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus & Newborn
Monday, March 3, 2025
Australian whose blood saved 2.4 million babies dies
Friday, July 19, 2024
Dr. John Gorman Receives Prestigious Recognition