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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Blog
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Respectful Care is Quality Care
Catherine Carr, Senior Maternal Health Advisor for Jhpiego and MCHIP, recently wrote a post, Respectful Care is Quality Care, for the Huffington Post’s Global Motherhood blog that describes why the concept of…
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Closing the Cancer Divide Between Rich and Poor Women
Ana Langer, Director of the Maternal Health Task Force at the Women and Health Initiative at Harvard School of Public Health, is a co-author on an important new publication, Meeting the…
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A Photo Exhibit Documenting How Medicines Help Women Deliver and Improve Life
A special invitation from our colleagues at PATH: Ripple Effect: A photo exhibit documenting how medicines help women deliver and improve life Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012 Time: 4:00 p.m….
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The PartoPen: Working to Increase the Effectiveness of the Partograph
Our colleagues at Maternova recently highlighted on their innovation index a new tool (that is currently in development) that aims to increase the effectiveness of the partograph. The PartoPen is being developed by University…
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Maternal Health in the Mobile Age
Earlier this week, the Huffington Post shared a story on their Global Motherhood Blog, Maternal Health in the Mobile Age, that tells the story of one community health worker, Pushpa, in…
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The Role of Midwives in Providing Maternal Health Services in Gujarat, India
Midwifery Journal recently published an article, Midwifery scope of practice among staff nurses: A grounded theory study in Gujarat, India, that aims to explore the role of midwives (among staff nurses)…
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Training, Knowledge, and Performance of Skilled Birth Attendants in Afghanistan
The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics published a new article today, Patterns in training, knowledge, and performance of skilled birth attendants providing emergency obstetric and newborn care in Afghanistan,…
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Maternal Health in the Philippines, Looking Beyond Cash Transfers
IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis published a story today, PHILIPPINES: Conditional cash for better maternal health, about the role of conditional cash transfers (CCT) to incentivize women in the Philippines to…
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The Lancet and Imperial College: New Commission on Global Health Technologies
A recent collaboration between The Lancet and Imperial College London has led to a new Commission on Technologies for Global Health (launched today) that explores how medical technology (that tends to be developed in wealthy…
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Frequent Antenatal Visits Lead to Early Treatment of Malaria, Reductions in Malaria Deaths Among Pregnant Women
PLoS ONE recently published a paper, Effect of Early Detection and Treatment on Malaria Related Maternal Mortality on the North-Western Border of Thailand 1986–2010, describing research that showed frequent antenatal…