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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Maternal Health Challenges in Kenya: What New Research Evidence Shows
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Africa Program, and Environmental Change and Security Program, in coordination with the Maternal Health Task Force, UNFPA, and the African Population 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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Jill Sheffield on a Post-MDG World
Back in May, we posted on GlobalMama about how to start thinking about advocacy, development and health policy after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reach their 2015 deadline: [After 2015]…
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Systematic Review: Referral Systems for EmOC
DFID, partnering with IMMPACT and others, recently published, a systematic review that delves into the evidence on transport and referral systems for emergency obstetric care (EmOC). The review covers 14…
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Demand v. Supply
This post is part of a series of posts on cash transfers and maternal health. To read other posts in the series, click here. If CCTs are a part of…
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Revitalizing the Partograph to Prevent Fistula in Uganda
By: Joslyn Meier, Program Associate, EngenderHealth; Peter Mukasa, Senior Medical Associate, EngenderHealth Written by: Joslyn Meier, Program Associate and Peter Mukasa, Senior Medical Associate, EngenderHealth At 16, Jenny Nalukwago became…
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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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CIESAS – Evaluating the ALSO program
The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia (CIESAS). MHTF is supporting their project, Evaluation of ALSO Program….
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Reflections on the ICM in Durban
By: France Donnay, Interim Deputy Director, Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health, Senior Program Officer, Maternal Health, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation I am sitting in a huge auditorium filled…
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mHealth Summit: Abstract Submission Next Week
At the MHTF, we are strong supporters of innovation in the field of maternal health and mhealth is an area where we are funding numerous projects. The mHealth Summit will…