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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Attention Global Maternal Health Conference Participants: Join the Global Team of Guest Bloggers!
Blogging is an effective communications strategy for sharing information in real time and fueling dialogue around key maternal health issues. With the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 right around the…
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The Impact of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity on Economic Development
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the sixth event of the series on Advancing…
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Girls Discovered: Global Mapping of Adolescent Girls
This post was originally posted on Maternal Mortality Daily. I recently learned about a great resource for those working to improve the lives of women and girls, Girls Discovered: Global Maps…
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Top 5 Highlights from the Women Deliver 2010 Conference
On July 1st 2010, the Women Deliver team announced the top five highlights from the Women Deliver 2010 Conference. See below for a message from our friends at Women Deliver–with…
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Global Maternal Health Conference 2010: July 6th Update
From the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 co-organizers: The Public Health Foundation of India and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. An exciting program for the Global Maternal Health Conference is taking shape. …
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Internship Opportunity to Research the Use of the NASG to Prevent Maternal Death in Zambia
The application process is now closed for this position. (7/22/10) The Safe Motherhood Program at UCSF is accepting applications for an upcoming internship opportunity in the Copper-belt of Zambia. The…
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The LifeWrap: A First-Aid Device to Address Obstetric Hemorrhage
Recently the Maternal Health Task Force launched a new blog, GlobalMama, on Medscape that provides the vast MedScape audience with insights from the MHTF into the maternal health field. We are excited…
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G8 and G20 Roundup: Promises, Protestors, and Promoting Maternal and Child Health
By: Amy Boldosser, Senior Officer, Global Advocacy Program, Family Care International Amy Boldosser, a member of Family Care International’s global advocacy team, was in Toronto from Thursday through Sunday, for the…
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Making the Final Push for MDG5, Making Women Matter
By: Kate Dilley, Administrative Coordinator, Management Sciences for Health This post was originally posted on haba na haba, hujaza kibaba–and has been adapted for the MHTF Blog One of the…
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A Complicated Delivery: G8 Commits $5 Billion to Maternal and Child Health but Big Questions Remain
By: Amy Boldosser, Senior Officer, Global Advocacy Program, Family Care International Amy Boldosser, a member of Family Care International’s global advocacy team, was in Toronto from Thursday through Sunday, for the…