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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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…
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Watch Wendy J. Graham Speak at EngenderHealth
Please join us tomorrow to watch Wendy J. Graham from the University of Aberdeen discuss “War and Peace: The story of maternal mortality estimation.” Professor Graham will present her views…
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Increasing Access to Public Health Data
17 major funders of public health research, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, the Hewlett Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the World Bank, have…
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Google Alerts for Maternal Health
Last month, I wrote about Tableau Public, a site where you can input/upload data and create a variety of charts, graphs, and maps. Another tool that I’ve been using is…
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Misoprostol in Pakistan Event at USAID
Trained traditional birth attendants in Pakistan provide misoprostol to prevent postpartum haemorrhage: a randomised placebo-controlled trial Jill Durocher, Program Associate, Gynuity Health Projects Jennifer Blum, Senior Program Associate, Gynuity Health…
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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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New Task-Shifting Post on GlobalMama
In addition to blogging here on our site, we have a blog on Medscape called GlobalMama. We’ve got a new post there today on task-shifting. Be sure to check it…
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Charts and Graphs at ForeignAssistance.gov
The US government recently developed a new website in response to calls for greater transparency in foreign aid. According to the site: The Foreign Assistance Dashboard provides a view of…
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The Promise of 2011 for Maternal Health
By: Dr. Ann Blanc, Director, MHTF 2010 was an important year for maternal health with many technical advances, policy commitments, and high level international attention to maternal deaths and morbidity….
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New Tools from the Fistula Care Project
By: Carrie Ngongo and Sarah Burgess, Fistula Care Project Obstetric fistula is a devastating birth injury that befalls many of the women who narrowly escape maternal death following obstructed labor….