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 Post on GlobalMama
We have a new post up on our Medscape blog, GlobalMama. The post, “Lies, Damn Lies and Maternal Mortality Estimates” looks at success at reducing maternal mortality ratios even though…
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MH Policy Dialogue: Accessing Maternal Health Care Services in Urban Slums: What Do We Know?
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, the United Nations Population Fund and the African Population & Health Research Center for a discussion…
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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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Small Grants to Support Research in Family Planning Request for Proposals
The MEASURE Evaluation Population & Reproductive Health Associate Award (PRH) is pleased to announce its second call for proposals for its small grants program to increase the evidence base in…
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Women Deliver and Vestergaard Frandsen Announce Competition for Women Bloggers
“Women Bloggers Deliver” will award two female bloggers with a trip to Kenya to learn about clean water and women in development 6 April 2011, New York – Women…
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More Maternal Health on Al Jazeera
We’ve mentioned before the Birthrights series on Al Jazeera English, which is “exploring maternal health and the power, politics and poverty that impacts it around the world.” In addition to…
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Why Aren’t There More Maternal Deaths? A Decomposition Analysis
John A. Ross of the Futures Group and MHTF Director Ann K. Blanc recently published a decomposition analysis of maternal deaths based on data published last year by the UN…
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Fourth Research Meeting on Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion
From the Population Council: The Mexico office of the Population Council is pleased to announce that the Fourth Research Meeting on Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion: Public Health Challenges in…
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Working Hard
By: María Laura Casalegno, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by María Laura Casalegno, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka…
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Poverty in Paradise – Plight of the Tukang Suun
By: Sara Al-Lamki, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Sara Al-Lamki, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the…