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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Forced Sterilizations and Maternal Health in the Canadian Context
By: Hani Rukh-E-Qamar, Founder and Executive Director of the Canadian Advisory of Women Immigrants (CAWI), currently pursuing a Master of Science in Epidemiology at McGill University; Harini P. Aiyer, PhD,…
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Maternal Health on the Frontlines of Climate Change
By: Saba Nisa, Master of Nursing student at the University of Alberta; Salima Meherali, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Nursing; Yared Asmare Aynalem, PhD student…
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Disaggregated Data Key to Tackling Low Maternal Vaccination Rates among Boston’s Black Pregnant Population
By: Jodian Pinkney, Infectious Diseases Physician. She is currently a Fellow in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and is enrolled in the Harvard School of Public Health…
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The Role of Drug Repurposing in Pregnancy
By: Katarzyna Borkowski, Former FDA ORISE Fellow, working with the Office of Medical Policy; current oncology research nurse at the NIH.; Maggie McCoy, Former Health Policy and Communications Intern with…
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Developing Maternity Care to Reverse Patterns of Violence and Inequality in West Papua
By: Els Tieneke Rieke Katmo, PhD, Lecturer in Social Agribusiness, University of Papua. Els is a gender studies scholar with a doctorate from Flinders University, Australia and an MA from…
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Driving Local Leadership to Meet Family Planning Needs
By: Dr. Sara Nam, Technical Consultant, Options Consultancy Services; Patricia Doherty, Assistant Technical Director, Options Consultancy Services It is well known that women who have a positive experience with family…
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Beyond the Battlefield: The Hidden Impacts of War on Maternal Health and The Cost of Academic Indifference
By: Elnaz Guivatchian MPH MD(c), Elnaz earned her MPH in Health Promotion from the University of Southern California and is currently a second-year medical student at Wayne State University.; Lara…
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Summoning 21st Century Medicine: A Plea to Advance Labor Management
By: Mary Kathryn Phillips, PhD, CNM, is a retired Naval Officer. She practices midwifery at a large tertiary center in Southern California and she chairs the Nurse Midwife Advisory Committee…
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Opportunities to Strengthen Women’s Nutrition Within Health Services in the United States: Reflections from Global Health Implementation
By: Dr. Justine A. Kavle, ; Joseph Gaithuma, Why is the 1,000-day window critical for nutrition, health & well-being for women & children? The first 1,000 days refers to the…
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Community-Based Approaches and Improved Training in Black-Serving Hospitals are Crucial for Helping to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes in the Now
By: Destiny Davis, Program Coordinator, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The US has some of the highest maternal morbidity and mortality…