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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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Announces the “Saving Mothers, Giving Life” Project
On Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged $75 million in U.S. support to the “Saving Mothers, Giving Life” initiative that aims to reduce maternal mortality in Africa, starting in…
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Understanding the Flow of Reproductive Health Knowledge in Ethiopia
K4Health recently published a needs assessment and network mapping of family planning and reproductive health information in Ethiopia. The overall goal of the assessment was to gain a better understanding…
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Economic Consequences at the Household Level of Maternal Complications in Bangladesh
Colleagues at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) recently published a paper, Costs of Maternal Health-related Complications in Bangladesh, in the Journal of Health, Population, and…
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New Study Takes a Closer Look at Which Birth Control Works Best
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, May 24th, found that the effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraception is superior to that of contraceptive pills,…
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Researchers are Beginning to Study the Effects of Mobile Phones on the Lives of Women in India
In a story published on Tuesday in the New York Times, author Nilanjana S. Roy writes about the multiple ways that mobile phones are impacting women’s lives across India–a place…
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Deborah Maine Asks, “Does the HPV Vaccine Make Sense?”
On Wednesday, May 16th, the Maternal Health Task Force at the Women and Health Initiative hosted Deborah Maine for a seminar on cervical cancer at Harvard School of Public Health….
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Maternal Health Commodities: Case Studies from Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
Last month, the Maternal Health Task Force was invited by the Secretariat to the UN Commission for Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children to complete a landscaping of maternal…
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Can a Simple Checklist Help Save the Lives of Women and Newborns?
According to a new study published in PLoS One by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the World Health Organization (WHO), a simple and low-cost checklist has the…
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New Estimates Show Major Reduction in Maternal Mortality, But More Progress Needed
New global maternal mortality estimates were released today in a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World…
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Job Opportunity: Senior Grants Manager with the Women & Health Initiative
Harvard School of Public Health is looking for a Senior Grants Manager to provide grants management support to the Women and Health Initiative (W&HI)–including the Maternal Health Task Force. Please…