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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Inequities in Maternal Mortality: A Focus on Undocumented Immigrants
By: Rose Molina, Global Women’s Health Fellow, The Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Obstetrician/gynecologist, The Dimock Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical…
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Cross-sector Collaboration is Needed to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference
By: Deepthi Wickremasinghe, Research Assistant & Information Management Specialist, IDEAS Energy and enthusiasm abounded at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference in Mexico City in October 2015, where knowledge and…
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Call for posts: Inequities in Maternal Mortality in the U.S.
To highlight the rising and disparate rate of maternal deaths in the U.S., the Maternal Health Task Force is launching a blog series to explore strategies to mitigate these deaths and…
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Fostering Partnerships – in Indonesia, Then Globally
By: Kate Walton, Health Specialist, Kinerja, Indonesia Last week, I had the great privilege of attending the first-ever Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference (GMNHC) in Mexico City. During a panel…
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Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference in Mexico Delivers on All Counts!
By: Abhishek Bhartia, Director, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi “We discussed this internally but don’t feel I have the bandwidth to travel to Mexico,” I wrote…
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The Intervention that Improves Family Planning, Breastfeeding and Birth Preparedness
By: Jody Lori, Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Director of the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center, University of Michigan The Maternal and Newborn Health Conference in Mexico City was motivating, energizing,…
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Civil Society Advocates Share Their Experiences Advocating for a Human Rights Based Approach to Preventing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
By: Rima Jolivet, Maternal Health Technical Director, Maternal Health Task Force Human rights are at the center of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and…
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Empowering Women Through Group-Based Antenatal Care
By: Katie Millar, Senior Project Manager, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Empowerment of women has been a theme throughout the Global Maternal Newborn Health…
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From Mexico City: In India, Lower Castes and Tribals Lag Furthest Behind in Maternal Health
By: Sandeep Bathala, Senior Program Associate, Maternal Health Initiative, Wilson Center Maternal mortality causes 56,000 deaths every year in India, accounting for 20 percent of maternal deaths around the world….
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From Mexico City: Iatrogenic Fistula on the Rise as More Women Gain Access to Surgery
By: Sandeep Bathala, Senior Program Associate, Maternal Health Initiative, Wilson Center Obstetric fistula is a devastating childbirth injury caused by prolonged obstructed labor. It can lead to incontinence and infection,…