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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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677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Blog

  • August 5, 2009

    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…

  • August 4, 2009

    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…

  • July 30, 2009

    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…

  • July 17, 2009

    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…

  • July 14, 2009

    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…

  • July 6, 2009

    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…

  • June 25, 2009

    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…

  • June 19, 2009

    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…

  • June 16, 2009

    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…

  • May 26, 2009

    MHTF eForum: The DHS Questionnaire

    You must be registered and logged in toparticipate in this eForum. If you have not already done so, please read the background documents that we previously posted. Background The Demographic…