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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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  • November 17, 2011

    Webcast: A Technological Boost for Weak Health Systems and Maternal and Child Health, with E-Health

    On November 24, 2011 at 2pm EST, IDRC is hosting a conversation with Dr Richard Gakuba, director of eHealth in Rwanda’s Ministry of Health. Improving maternal and child health is…

  • November 16, 2011

    Revitalizing the Partograph: Day 1

    This week EngenderHealth’s Fistula Care Project is hosting a two-day technical meeting to review the current evidence base for partograph effectiveness, develop feasible strategies for overcoming barriers to partograph use,…

  • November 15, 2011

    Engaging Faith-Based Organizations in the Response to Maternal Mortality

    The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative in coordination with the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) invite you to a discussion of: Engaging Faith-Based…

  • November 14, 2011

    Reminder: Job Opening with the MHTF at HSPH

    The Maternal Health Task Force is seeking a Deputy Director of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation as it transitions to the Harvard School of Public Health.   The full job description…

  • November 10, 2011

    An Interview with Ann Blanc

    The following originally appeared on the New Security Beat. It is reposted here with permission. In the last five years, maternal health has begun to take a front seat within…

  • November 8, 2011

    Communication Resources: Fonts and Typography

    By: Hannah Schreiner, MHTF The following is part of a series of posts by Hannah Schreiner from our knowledge management team aimed at sharing communication resources to those who work…

  • November 4, 2011

    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

  • November 4, 2011

    Deadline Today: Nominate an mHealth Innovator

    The Rockefeller Foundation and the MHealth Alliance are seeking nominations for the their Top 11 in 2001 Innovators Challenge. The deadline for nominations is today so get your nominations in…

  • November 3, 2011

    Be Heard: Reproductive and Maternal Health After 2015

    Women Deliver has been running a series of blog posts addressing the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. A number of experts have offered thoughts on a global…

  • November 1, 2011

    The MHTF @ HSPH

    Today, November 1, marks the official launch of the second phase of the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) now located in Women and Health Initiative at the Harvard School of…