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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Choice Not Chance: Family Planning Returns to the International Development Agenda
Following the London Summit on Family Planning, the Economist reports on global access to contraception in a piece titled, Choice not chance: Family planning returns to the international development agenda….
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Addressing Gender-Based Violence and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
The Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published a new report that explores the dual global epidemics of HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence (GBV),…
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London Summit on Family Planning
The UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with UNFPA, national governments, donors, civil society, the private sector, the research and development community, and other colleagues…
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Quality of Guidelines on the Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review
A recent study published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth looks at current recommendations and assesses the quality of clinical guidelines on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pre-existing diabetes mellitus during…
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Preventing Malaria in Pregnancy in Mozambique
By: Leonardo Chavane, National Senior Advisor for Mozambique, MCHIP & JHPIEGO This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here….
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Rethinking Family Planning in China
Family planning laws in China, particularly the one child policy, are being challenged by high profile scholars and other individuals this week. The Wall Street Journal‘s China Realtime Report explains…
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Maternal Morbidities in the Journal of Population, Health and Nutrition
The June issue of the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition published by our colleagues at icddr,b focuses on the neglected issue of maternal morbidities. Introducing the issue, Mary Ellen…
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Webinar: Emerging Opportunities: Misoprostol for Postpartum Hemorrhage
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More from Day Two at MiP2012: Exploring What We Know Works-and Looking Towards Innovation
This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Take Away Messages from Day Two, June 27th, 2012, at Malaria…
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MiP2012 Day Two: Learning From Global and Regional Programs
This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Take Away Messages from Day Two, June 27th, 2012, at Malaria…