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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What’s Next for Clean Birth Kits? A Call for Impact Data and Discussion
Each year, around 1 million newborns and mothers die from childbirth-related infections, and this burden is highest in low-resource settings. Clean birth kits provide simple tools needed for a hygienic birth, but more research is needed on how these kits are used and their effect on women and providers……read more
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Is it Time to Retire the Skilled Birth Attendant Indicator?
The skilled birth attendant (SBA) indicator may measure coverage, but it does not necessarily measure quality of care. Perhaps for labor and delivery care, we should shift our focus from who is there and where it happens to what is being done and when……read more
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WHO Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Maternal Peripartum Infections: Webinar on 17 May!
In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched new guidance on the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections of the mother during the peripartum period. To review the 20 recommendations and learn how these evidence-based guidelines were developed, attend the webinar on 17 May!……read more
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Event Recap | After Mexico City and Before Copenhagen: Keeping Our Promise to Mothers and Newborns
The Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference gathered more than 1,000 policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and advocates from all over the world to discuss existing challenges in reaching under-served women and practical solutions. “Quality, integration, and equity” were the primary themes. This spring, the Women Deliver conference will continue the conversation in Copenhagen. What’s needed to carry on momentum? What lessons have been learned? Where do we go next? read more
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Midwives Can Significantly Reduce Maternal Mortality, But They Need Support
Effectively scaling up midwifery care will help reduce maternal mortality and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, but midwives need the support of the enabling environment. In honor of International Day of the Midwife, we sat down with Rima Jolivet, our Maternal Health Technical Director, for insight into her experience as a certified nurse-midwife as well as her thoughts on the current and future landscape of midwifery……read more
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Join Us at Women Deliver!
The Women Deliver Conference offers a unique opportunity for researchers, advocates, and maternal health professionals to learn from each other as we pave the way for meeting the SDGs. Come to…
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#IDM2016: Key Resources for Midwifery
As we celebrate International Day of the Midwife on May 5th, now is an especially important time to acknowledge midwives for their hard work in ensuring the health of women and newborns before, during, and after childbirth. Read our resource roundup to learn more about the state of midwifery around the globe!…read more
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Quality, Not Quantity of Care for Maternal and Child Health
“It’s not about counting how many times a mother interacts with antenatal services or comes to the facility. But it’s what happens in these encounters that matters,” said Dr. Mariam Claeson, the director of maternal newborn and child health at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in last week’s podcast from the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative. Listen to the full podcast and read more highlights from last month’s dialogue on maintaining our momentum in maternal and newborn health…read more
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Event Recap: How Zika Is Shaping the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Agenda
Given the growing evidence of Zika’s connection to birth defects, it is imperative to provide all women – pregnant or not – the health care they need, said a panel of women’s health advocates and experts at the Wilson Center on April 12. Missed the dialogue? Read event highlights, download panel presentations, and watch the webcast…read more
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After Mexico City and Before Copenhagen: Keeping Our Promise to Mothers and Newborns
On April 13, in partnership with UNFPA and the Wilson Center, the Maternal Health Task Force co-hosted a policy dialogue to review priorities, evaluate progress, and reignite efforts in the maternal newborn health field. The discussion served as a reflection of the lessons learned at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference held in Mexico City last October and preparation for achieving the maternal newborn health agenda through an advocacy lens at Women Deliver…read more
