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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NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development
Last week, a three-day Non-Governmental Organization Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development convened 400 delegates from 131 countries in Berlin to assess progress on the 15th anniversary of…
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Survey Results
Thank you to everyone who participated in our survey! Here are some of the results (click on the thumbnails for larger images): Over half of you reading our site are…
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Article of the Week
MHTF Advisory Group member Justus Hofmeyr and colleagues have published a review in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization of the evidence on the effects of misoprostol for the…
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Review of Birth Delivery Kits
IMMPACT project at the University of Aberdeen has asked the MHTF to circulate the message below to members. Immpact is currently undertaking a rapid, scoping review of the literature to…
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Article of the Week
The maternal mortality ratio is Swaziland is 589 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the 2009 State of the Swaziland Population report. Two months ago, the Japanese government gave…
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Article of the Week
The Population Reference Bureau recently released figures showing that the global population will reach seven billion in 2011, a year earlier than expected. According to the experts, this population growth…
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Article of the Week
On August 23rd, the New York Times Sunday Magazine will publish a special issue devoted to women in the developing world. The lead article is an excerpt from Nicholas Kristof…
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Tim Thomas Joins the MHTF as Senior Advisor
Tim began his career at The Population Council in New York where he was the Special Assistant to the President, charged with cultivating and maintaining institutional relationships with government overseas…
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WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Meeting
In early July, I attended, on behalf of the Maternal Health Task Force, the initial two-day consultation meeting on the development of a safe birth “checklist” co-organised by the WHO…
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Article of the Week
HIV is the main cause of death among pregnant women in Johannesburg, South Africa according to a five-year study of maternal mortality at one of the city’s largest public hospitals….