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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Sara Gullo, Program Manager, joins the MHTF
We are pleased to welcome Sara Gullo as the MHTF Manager. Sara joins us from Atlanta, Georgia where she has spent the last four years with CARE working in their…
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Article of the week
A new study by the Guttmacher Institute and the International Institute for Population Sciences highlights the continuing problem of maternal mortality in India, the country with the highest annual number…
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Website Survey
In order to better serve you, we are requesting that you fill out a very brief survey (click here). There are only 7 questions and it will take no more…
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Article of the Week
Nicholas Kristof has once again put maternal health front and center in The New York Times. Here’s a link to the article! Let us know what you think! Related Topics…
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Beth Peterman: A Remembrance
The MHTF and the maternal health community lost a friend and champion with the death of Beth Peterman on June 24th. Beth joined the Global Health team at the Bill…
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Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, Joins the MHTF
The MHTF welcomes Raji Mohanam as the Knowledge Management Specialist for the Maternal Health Task Force. Raji started her career at the Population Council in New York where she was…
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Appointment of MHTF Program Assistant
The MHTF is pleased to welcome Sue Lee who has joined the MHTF as a Program Assistant. Sue has accomplished quite a bit since graduating from New York University in…
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The MHTF Advisory Group and New Fact Sheet
The Task Force has assembled an eminent group of experts to act as an Advisory Group. (See the new page listed above.) We are pleased that we will be able…
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Summary of Recommendations from the E-forum
A summary of the recommendationsfrom the DHS e-forum have been sent to the Demographic and Health Surveys program. We have also sent a recommendation and some preliminary suggestions for the…
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DHS eForum Closes
Many thanks to everyone who posted a comment on our DHS eForum. Since the DHS is such an important source of information for monitoring progress on maternal health indicators, it…