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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Maternal Health Accountability: The Crucial Next Step
By: Kate Mitchell, Maternal Health Task Force Ann Blanc, Director of the Maternal Health Task Force, welcomed attendees of the Global Maternal Health Conference to the third and final day…
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Making Outpatient Abortion Services a Reality
By: Janna Oberdorf, Communications Manager, Women Deliver Every year, an estimated 20 million unsafe abortions take place. And of all maternal deaths, unsafe abortion accounts for 13%. Imagine if we could…
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Of Ideas, National Programs, and Innovations in Service Delivery
By: Saumya Ramarao, Senior Associate, Population Council Written by Saumya RamaRao, Population Council It is Day 2 at the Global Maternal Health Conference and the energy level has revved up…
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Global Maternal Health Conference 2010: Day One Take-Aways from the Young Champions
By: Lorraine Thompson, Winner, Ashoka’s Maternal Health Blogging Contest On August 30 at 8:00am, the air was already hot and sticky as Ashoka’s Young Champions and Changemakers boarded an air-conditioned…
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Local Context Matters to Women’s Lives: A Report from Delhi
By: Sara Stratton, Director, MNCH/FP Programs, IntraHealth International This post was originally published on IntraHealth’s Global Health Blog. To the business world, it’s location, location, location. Here in Delhi, though,…
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I am 27, and I Am a Maternal Health Advocate
By: Janna Oberdorf, Communications Manager, Women Deliver These are two things I’m very proud of. I’m proud to be young (or at least young-ish) and passionate about women and mothers….
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Task-Shifting–Or Why Doctors Might Not Always Be Necessary to Save Mothers’ Lives
By: Maria M. Pawlowska, Cambridge Gates Scholar The Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 is underway! Unfortunately, I’m not there in New Delhi to witness it all first-hand but the organisers…
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Global Maternal Health Conference 2010: Empowering the Next Generation
By: Calyn Ostrowski, Coordinator, Maternal Health Dialogue Series, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars “We do not need new legislation… we need affordable, effective, and scalable solutions,” said Shn Gulamnabi…
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Power to the People: How to Use Policy and Advocacy Tools to Improve Maternal Health
By: Janna Oberdorf, Communications Manager, Women Deliver At today’s session on “Policy and advocacy tools,” panelists presented on web-based and new media options for disseminating maternal health research and messages….
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International, National, Expert, and Young Champions of Maternal Health Speak at the GMHC2010 Inaugural Ceremony
By: Kate Mitchell, Maternal Health Task Force Today (August 30, 2010) marked the first day of the Global Maternal Health Conference in Delhi. Throughout the day, the nearly 700 conference…