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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10 Reasons to Celebrate the Health of Moms—and Those Working to Improve Maternal Health—this Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day 2012 provides a good occasion to celebrate accomplishments in the field over the past year. The Maternal Health Task Force shares ten exciting developments. Please add to the…
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State of the World’s Mothers Report: The “Best” and “Worst” Places To Be a Mother
Save the Children‘s thirteenth State of the World’s Mothers report was released yesterday–providing a ranking of the “best” and “worst” places to be a mother, based on various indicators such…
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Melinda Gates Plans to Help 120 Million More Women Access Contraceptives by 2020
In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Melinda Gates explained that she has decided to make family planning her signature issue and primary public health priority. Written by Michelle Goldberg, the…
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Awareness of Danger Signs & Symptoms of Pregnancy Complication Among Women in Jordan
Last month, the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics published a paper, Awareness of danger signs and symptoms of pregnancy complication among women in Jordan, that explores the levels and…
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AMREF Calls on Sub-Saharan African Governments to Increase Numbers of Midwives
In honor of International Day of the Midwife (tomorrow, May 5th), our colleagues at AMREF shared a blog post today that calls on governments and development partners to invest in training…
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Live Webcast: Essential Obstetric & Newborn Care Meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Asia Regional Meeting on Interventions for Impact in Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care begins tomorrow, May 4, 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The three-day meeting plans to focus on…
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Born Too Soon: A Global Action Report on Preterm Birth
A report released today, Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth, features the first-ever estimates of preterm birth rates by country. The report, coordinated by the March…
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Voucher Program Associated with Increase in Institutional Deliveries in Communities in Kenya
According to a recent post on the RH Vouchers Blog, a new study in Health Policy and Planning , Community-level impact of the reproductive health vouchers programme on service utilization in…
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Ready-Made Teaching Modules Available for Learning How to Use DHS Reports
The MEASURE DHS project provides ready-made teaching modules on the use of Demographic and Health Survey reports to inform health programs and policies. The modules were designed for African Universities as…
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Ten Resources for Addressing Malaria in Pregnancy
Today is World Malaria Day! The theme for this year’s World Malaria Day is “Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria.” A recent report from the Institute for Health Metrics…