Global Maternal Health News and Research

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Get the latest news and research on maternal health from around the world.

The MHTF team pulls the most current updates from peer-reviewed journals, news outlets and global health websites together in one location for you.

News

• Appropriate Storage and Management of Oxytocin – a Key Commodity for Maternal Health WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA | March 2019
• Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement US Preventive Task Force | February 2019
• Recommendations to the Indian Health Service on American Indian/Alaska Native Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age with Opioid Use Disorder Indian Health Service/ACOG | March 2019
• When We Talk about Maternal Mortality, We Must Talk about Mental Health CLASP | January 2019
• Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund UNFPA | February 2019
• Developing an oral contraceptive and HIV-prevention method, in a single pill Population Council | January 2018
• To avoid stillbirths, women in Kenya bribe overworked doctors Al Jazeera | January 2019
• Rising awareness of maternal care for indigenous women in Guatemala Borgen Magazine | September 2018
• Rethinking innovation in maternal and child health in Africa: Five case studies STAT | September 2018
• Summit’s focus: High mortality rates of black mothers, infants The Washington Informer | September 2018

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Research

• Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement US Preventive Task Force | February 2019
• Gestational Weight Gain and Severe Maternal Morbidity at Delivery Hospitalization Obstetrics & Gynecology | March 2019
• Pregnancy Outcomes in US Prisons, 2016–2017 American Public Health Association | March 2019
• The role of male partner in utilization of maternal health care services in Ethiopia: a community-based couple study BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | January 2019
• Prior dengue virus infection and risk of Zika: A pediatric cohort in Nicaragua PLOS Medicine | January 2019
• Association of Maternal Social Relationships With Cognitive Development in Early Childhood JAMA Network Open | January 2019
• Introduction of genomics into prenatal diagnostics The Lancet | January 2019
• Low-income Texas women’s experiences accessing their desired contraceptive method at the first postpartum visit Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health | December 2018
• Maternal immunisation to improve the health of HIV-exposed infants The Lancet | December 2018
• Temporal trends in spatial inequalities of maternal and newborn health services among four east African countries, 1999–2015 BMC Public Health | December 2018

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