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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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Boston, MA 02115

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  • January 14, 2011

    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…

  • January 12, 2011

    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…

  • January 11, 2011

    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…

  • January 11, 2011

    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…

  • January 10, 2011

    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…

  • January 7, 2011

    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

  • January 7, 2011

    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…

  • January 6, 2011

    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…

  • January 5, 2011

    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….

  • January 4, 2011

    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….