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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Best Practices in Integrating HIV and MCH
The following is a letter from the Centre for Development and Population Activities, an MHTF-supported project, that is seeking case studies for best practices with regard to integration of HIV…
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Weekend Reading
Recently 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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Clean Birth Kits Working Group Update
The Clean Birth Kits Working Group held its summative meeting in Washington, D.C last week. Claudia Morrisey, from Saving Newborn Lives, provides a good summary of some of the work…
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Indian NGO Working on Maternal Health Wins MacArthur Award
Action Research & Training for Health (ARTH), an Indian NGO with a mission to “help communities access and manage health care according to their needs and capacity, by using research…
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Saving Women’s Lives: Reducing Unnecessary Delays to Comprehensive EmOC
By: Anrudh K. Jain, Ph.D., Distinguished Scholar, Population Council, New York Vapari Bai’s death (Human Rights Watch, January 10, 2011) due to eclampsia in Barwani district hospital in Madhya Pradesh, India highlights…
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Contraceptive Implants: Safe, Effective, and Popular
By: Roy Jacobstein, Medical Director, EngenderHealth The following post is also published on the Global Health Council blog Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that nearly 600 UK women had…
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Guttmacher Institute’s Data Center
The Guttmacher Institute recently developed a Data Center that allows users to create tables and maps from data contained in Guttmacher reports, such as “Adding it Up: The Costs and…
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‘Regional Conference on Fistula’ in Karachi: Call for Abstracts
The upcoming “Regional Fistula Conference” is requesting abstracts from interested presenters. The conference will be held at Sheraton Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan from 4-6 March 2011 in collaboration with UNFPA. The last date for…
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DFID’s Framework for Results
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) recently launched their new “Framework for Results” for improving global reproductive, maternal and newborn health. You will find more information on their new strategy below. The…
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War and Peace: The Story of Maternal Mortality Estimation
Earlier this week, we hosted Professor Wendy J. Graham from the University of Aberdeen who spoke about maternal mortality estimation here at our New York office. If you couldn’t make it…