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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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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Misoprostol Added to WHO List of Essential Medicines for PPH
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality, accounting for about 25% of all maternal deaths. Misprostol is an easy to use drug that is shown to be…
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Income Shocks, Maternal Nutrition and Infant Health
A recent study (PDF) by Alfredo Burlando of the University of Oregon on income shocks, maternal nutrition and infant health was highlighted on the World Bank’s Development Impact blog, an…
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Survival of Women and Newborns in Crisis
By: Kate Kerber and Ribka Amsalu, Save the Children The following post originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission Imagine you are eight…
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Fistula on PBS Religion & Ethics
The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which we’ve written about on the blog before, was featured recently on PBS’ Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. The piece includes an interview with EngenderHealth’s Dr. Yetnayet…
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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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After the MDGs on GlobalMama
In the maternal health community, we often refer to Millennium Development Goal 5, which sets the goal of reducing maternal mortality by two-thirds by 2015. It gets used as an…
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Young Champions: Secrets Revealed!
By: Dr. Ann Blanc, Director, MHTF; Tim Thomas, Senior Advisor, MHTF Over the nine months of their internships, the Young Champions of Maternal Health have forged a steadfast bond. Facebook…
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Giving Birth in Nepal
Although the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Nepal is still high (380 maternal deaths per 100,000 lives birth), the country has seen a 56% drop in MMR since 1990, according…
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Moms Matter
ABC News recently announced the winners of it’s “Moms Matter: Make it Obvious” competition in collaboration with the Acumen Fund and Good: Our goal was to raise attention to the…