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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Blog
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New Post on Global Mama
We have a new post up today on our Medscape blog, Global Mama on the relationship between family planning, maternal health and climate change. Be sure to check it out….
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Gates 2011 Annual Letter
The Gates Foundation released the 2011 Annual Letter from Bill Gates today, which focuses on the final push to eradicate polio. Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan are the four countries…
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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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RH Reality Check – Obstetric Fistula
Earlier this week, RH Reality Check launched a series of blog posts focusing on obstetric fistula. The effort is a collaboration between a number of organizations, including EngenderHealth, UNFPA, The…
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Maternal Health Advocacy Guide for Parliamentarians
In order to improve maternal health, medical professionals and NGO workers need to engage with government officials, including elected representatives. Many approaches for parliamentarians and other elected officials are outlined…
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Views from the Frontline of Maternal Healthcare: Over 2000 Practitioners Worldwide Make Their Voices Heard!
By: Hannah Knight, Community Moderator for Global Voices for Maternal Health at the University of Oxford An online project, run by the Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute and Nuffield…
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Advocating for Maternal Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Christopher Lindahl, of the MHTF, recently wrote a post for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases on the links between maternal health and neglected tropical diseases as global health…
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Map Enhancements
Working with Women Deliver, we’ve created a map documenting organizations working in maternal health throughout the world. As the map has become more populated, we realized that additional features were…
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Making Acccountability Count
By: Ann Starrs, President and Co-Founder, Family Care International When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon formally launched the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health last September during the 2010 UN…
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OpenIDEO Challenge: Maternal Health
OpenIDEO, a collaborative design challenge, hosted by the design firm IDEO, Oxfam, and Nokia, recently developed a challenge focusing on maternal health and mhealth. For the next four weeks, they…