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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Preeclampsia Awareness Month Petition
By: James N. Martin, MD, President, ACOG Much of my professional life and many years of clinical research have focused upon the care of pregnant women with one of the…
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Reminder: MH Supplies Survey
If you haven’t done so already, please take a few minutes to have your voice heard in a survey on maternal health supplies. Our colleagues at PATH are working to…
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Weekend Reading
This week on the MHTF blog Some reading for the weekend: Related Topics Last Updated Get the latest public health news Stay connected with Harvard Chan School
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Documentary Investigates PMTCT in Zambia
A documentary film released earlier this year explores one women’s effort to eradicate AIDS in Zambia: Mutinta’s journey is long and lonely, as the disease still generates fear and mystery…
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mHealth Summit: More Lessons Learned from the Mobilizing Technology for Community Health (MoTeCH) Project
In addition to seeing cool gadgets and new uses for technology, one of the most interesting parts of the mHealth Summit has been hearing people’s lessons learned. Allison Stone, MoTeCH…
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mHealth Summit: Lessons from Ghana’s MoTeCH Project
The Ghana Health Service has been implementing a project called Mobile Technology for Community Health (MoTeCH) that has been developing a mobile health information technology system to increase the quality…
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mHealth Summit: Can Mobile Phone Counseling Increase EBF?
The World Health Organizations recommends that mothers perform exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of their child’s life. However, although we are learning more about the benefits of…
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At the mHealth Summit
We are at the mHealth Summit this week learning about the many applications of mobile technology to improve health. A number of sessions will be focusing specifically on maternal and…
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Weekend Reading
This week on the MHTF blog: Some reading for the weekend Related Topics Last Updated Get the latest public health news Stay connected with Harvard Chan School
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Partograph Meeting Reflections, Ctd.
More participants from the partograph meeting share their reflections. Dr. Barbara E. Kwast, a consultant on maternal health and safe motherhood writes: There has to be a goal in the…