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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“Gaps” in Maternal Health in Kenya
By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF During the recent meeting in Nairobi on improving health systems through a maternal health framework, participants focused on knowledge gaps in the Kenyan health…
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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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A Population of 7 Billion
On Monday, October 31, the world’s population will reach and surpass seven billion. By some estimates, the population will be over 10 billion by the end of the century. This…
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Water and Sanitation Linkages to MH and FP
Earlier this year, we ran a series of posts exploring linkages between water, sanitation and maternal health. WASH for Mothers included issues such as health systems, integrating maternal care and…
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Quality of Care Matters
Quality of care is often a difficult thing to measure, especially in low resource settings. The data are generally good to show us if women have four antenatal care visits…
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Opportunity with Jacaranda Health
Jacaranda Health is seeking an experienced clinician with significant work in maternal and child health to assist and provide mentorship to our growing clinical team. The position will be a…
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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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Buzz Meeting: Convening the MH Field
The first phase of the Maternal Health Task Force ends officially October 31st at its birthplace, EngenderHealth, and the second phase begins November 1st 2011 at its new home, the…
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Improving Health Systems through a Maternal Health Framework: Meeting Overview
By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF After the meeting in Nairobi in July on maternal health challenges in Kenya, I was looking forward to hearing more productive, and sometimes provocative,…
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Buzz Meeting: A Pause to Take Stock of the Field of Maternal Health
By: Meg Wirth, Founder and CEO, Maternova The following originally appeared on Maternova’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) is a three-year effort…