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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Women and Mosquito Nets
By: Bill Brieger, Senior Malaria Specialist, JHPIEGO This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. This post was originally…
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What Women’s Health Initiatives in India Can Teach Us All
By: Gary Darmstadt and Wendy Prosser, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This post was originally posted on Impatient Optimists. With almost 200 million people living in the state of Uttar…
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Increasing Antenatal Care Utilization in Nigeria as a Way to Increase Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria During Pregnancy
By: Kate Teela, Erin Shutes, France Donnay and David Brandling-Bennett, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the…
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Countdown to 2015: New Report Documents Progress Towards MDG4 & 5 in 75 Countries
Guest post contributed by our colleagues at the Countdown to 2015 initiative Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have…
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8 Insights to Malaria in Pregnancy Programming: Moving Towards Scale-up
By: Elaine Roman, Malaria Team Leader, MCHIP This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, malaria…
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Current Issue of the Lancet: A Focus on Progress Toward MDG 4 and 5
In the comment section of the latest issue of the Lancet, several articles discuss current progress toward improving the health of women and children. The authors of Building a future…
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AMREF Calls for Greater Integration of Malaria into Maternal Health at Primary Health Care Level
By: Dr. Sylla Thiam, Malaria Programme Lead, AMREF This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Pregnant women living…
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Global Declines in Maternal Mortality: An Interview with Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA
Rahim Kanani, Manager of the “Common Good” column at Forbes, recently interviewed Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), about the new report highlighting major…
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Addressing Knowledge Gaps: Plasmodium Vivax Infection in Pregnancy
This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. A couple of months ago, I had the chance to meet…
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Malaria in Pregnancy: Bringing the Maternal Health and Malaria Communities Together
This post is the first in a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. According to a recent report from researchers at the Institute…