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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New WB Blog on Health Systems
The World Bank blogs provide an excellent resource to learn about the work the Bank is doing and other aspects of development. Whether it is Development Impact or Africa Can…
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Who Does Jacaranda’s Marketing? Our Customers Do
By: Nick Sowden, Sales and Marketing Manager, Jacaranda Health The following post originally appeared on Jacaranda’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. At Jacaranda Health, we often say that…
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Report: Most Countries Will Not Meet MDGs 4 and 5
With maternal mortality estimates published last year by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and the United Nations, and the recent neonatal mortality estimates, it became relatively clear that…
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Screening for Anemia During Pregnancy: What Evidence Suggests
The following is part of a series of project updates from the Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. MHTF is supporting their project, Measuring Economic Impact…
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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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Innovation That Works
At the MHTF, we support a lot of innovative projects, from mobile clinics in Nairobi to mobile applications. However, the most important aspect of innovation and new technologies are not…
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Ashoka Changemakers: More Health
The Young Champions of Maternal Health were selected via an Ashoka Changemakers competition. Ashoka is teaming up with Boehringer Ingelheim for another competition that seeks innovation solutions to promote individual…
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Silent Suffering: Maternal Morbidities in Developing Countries
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: Silent…
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Is Free Health Care Actually Free?
The financing scheme in Sierra Leone that provides free health care to pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five is one that we’ve covered before on the blog 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