Maternal Health Task Force
The Maternal Health Task Force strives to create a strong, well-informed and collaborative community of individuals focused on ending preventable maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide.
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Discussions at GMHC2013 About Home Births and Traditional Birth Attendants
By: Girija Sankar, Director of Haiti Programs, Senior Program Manager, Global Health Action Over 2000 abstracts were submitted to the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013. Eventually, around 800 delegates from all…
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Women Having Babies in Nigeria With No One Present: How Could This Happen Now?
By: Dr. Nosa Orobaton, Chief of Party, Nigeria Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP), JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. This post is cross-posted from The Pump. Did you know that…
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Dialogue on Public-Private Partnerships to Save Women’s Lives
By: Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers I recently returned from the Global Maternal Health Conference and have now had a chance to reflect on a fantastic week of…
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Yes We Can, and This is Why We Do It Every Day
By: Karen Beattie, Director of Fistula Care and Associate Vice President of EngenderHealth This post is cross-posted from the EngenderHealth website. Reflections from a lifelong global women’s health advocate on…
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A Neglected Topic: Emergency Transport and Referral Systems to Improve Access to Maternal Health Care
By: Ana Luisa Silva, Transaid As we get to the end of the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013, a three-day opportunity to discuss issues and share experiences on improving quality of…
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Building a Global Network of Maternal Health Policymakers
By: Sandeep Bathala, Senior Program Associate, Maternal Health Initiative, Wilson Center This post is cross-posted from the New Security Beat. On day three of the 2013 Global Maternal Health Conference…
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Placing Women at the Center: Rethinking the RMNCH Continuum of Care
By: Ann Starrs, President and Co-Founder, Family Care International This post is cross-posted from the FCI Blog and the PMNCH website. Last week’s Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC), held in…
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Communities, Activists, Researchers, Policymakers and Politicians: Unite for Maternal Health!
By: Dr. Nosa Orobaton, Chief of Party, Nigeria Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP), JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. There is a sense of timelessness in resplendent Arusha, Tanzania,…
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MAMA: Increasing Uptake of Maternal Health Services Through Mobile Phone Platforms
By: Mabinty A. Koroma, Communications Officer, MAMA, United Nations Foundation During the panel presentation, “Increasing uptake of maternal health services through mobile phone platforms,” on January 17th at the Global…
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Rights-based Approaches to Maternal Health: A Closer Look at “Accountability”
By: Jocalyn Clark, Senior Magazine Editor, PLOS Medicine This blog post is cross-posted from Speaking of Medicine. It wasn’t easy to choose sessions today on the last day of the Global…