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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Get Mapped at Women Deliver: Put Your Maternal Health Organization on the Map!
Using geographic maps provides a global view of where maternal health activity is occurring and helps the community to understand where gaps exist. So far, we have three interactive maps on…
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Fistula Stories: Faith-Based Curriculum for Taking a Stand on Global Maternal Health
Written by Meagan Manas, MDiv, Women’s Ministries, National Council of Churches Fistula Stories is a faith-based 4-session curriculum for use in churches, campus ministries, and other community groups. Through education, Bible study, and…
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The Kaiser Family Foundation Gathers Experts for a Policy Forum on World Progress on Maternal and Child Health, the Future Role for the U.S.
On May 24th, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a policy forum to examine the evolving role for the U.S. in improving international maternal, newborn, and child health as well as…
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The Pulitzer Center Launches New Interactive Site on Maternal Mortality—and Partners with Helium on a Global Maternal Health Writing Contest
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is committed to raising awareness for the issue of global maternal mortality. On Monday, May24th, the center launched a new interactive site, Dying for…
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The World Bank Announces New Five-Year Reproductive Health Action Plan
An article, More Condoms, Contraceptives, Midwives, and Educated Girls Could Prevent Most Maternal Deaths―New World Bank Reproductive Action Plan, on the World Bank News and Broadcast page outlines the rationale…
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Integrating Maternal Health Supplies into the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
The Maternal Health Task Force is working with Population Action International (PAI) to apply the lessons learned from the reproductive health supplies movement to the maternal health field, in order to…
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Global Voices for Maternal Health: An Innovative Crowd-Sourcing Project to Launch at Women Deliver!
On June 7th, 2010, the University of Oxford will be launching ‘Global Voices for Maternal Health’, a crowd-sourcing project to give maternal health care providers around the world a direct…
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Podcast: Chris Murray Discusses His Recent Research that Suggests a Drop in Global Maternal Deaths
EarthSky: A Clear Voice for Science has posted two podcast interviews with Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington—and principal author…
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This Thursday: Policy Discussion on Improving Transportation and Referral for Maternal Health
Reminder: This event will occur this Thursday, May 20th! Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the fifth…
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International Nurses Day: Reflection on Nursing, Maternity Care, and Cultural Sensitivity
By: Emily George, RN, MPH, Hematology and Oncology Clinic, Boston Medical Center In honor of International Nurses Day, Emily George contributed a guest post to the MHTF. Emily is a…