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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USAID RFA: Technologies for Health Program
USAID has extended the deadline for a major grant on technology for health. From the announcement: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to award up to two…
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Young Champions Give Birth to Global Maternal Health Collaboration
By: Claire Bangser, Senior Program Manager, Ashoka The following post originally appeared Ashoka’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. Nine months ago, fifteen complete strangers in twelve different countries…
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Janani Suraksha Yojana and the Bumpy Road to Maternal Health in Rural India
By: Kate Mitchell, Clinton Fellow The following was originally published on Kate’s blog, Maternal Mortality Daily, and is reposted here with permission. This post is the first in a series…
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Photo Essay: Afghanistan, the Worst Place to Be a Mother
Save the Children’s Mothers Index was published earlier this month and ranks Afghanistan as the worst place for mothers. The following photo essay was originally published on the Health Newborn…
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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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Why Evidence Matters
At the MHTF, we have a mandate to build consensus within the maternal health community on a variety of issues based on evidence. A recent trial in Africa, publish in…
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Esther Duflo at the Pop Council
Yesterday, we had the opportunity to go to the Population Council’s New York office for a Poverty, Gender and Youth Seminar with Esther Duflo from MIT. As a coauthor (along…
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mHealth Tools101: Turning Ideas Into Action
DataDyne, the United Nations Foundation, the Vodafone Foundation, and the mHealth Alliance invite you to join us in person or via webinar for mHealth Tools 101: Turning Ideas Into Action…
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U.S. Maternal Health Donors: A Landscape Analysis
Insufficient funding for maternal health has been identified as a major obstacle in achieving MDG5, so the MHTF commissioned Global Heath Visions to conduct a landscaping of all the existing…
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WHO Approves Misoprostol to Prevent Hemorrhage
By: Shafia Rashid, Senior Program Officer, Global Advocacy, Family Care International The following was originally published on the FCI blog. It is reposted here with permission Last week, the WHO…