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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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….
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Hellen Kotlolo Discusses PMTCT
Young Champion Hellen Koltolo recently appeared on health-e’s TV unit in South Africa to discuss her work in preventing mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT). During the segment, she…