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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Achieving SDG Targets for Maternal, Newborn and Stillbirth: Does the World Know What it Takes?
By: Peter Waiswa, Lecturer, Makerere University School of Public Health and Leader, INDEPTH Network Maternal and Newborn Working Group So the Millennium Development goals are gone and now we have…
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Data Alone Won’t Make Change: Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing Improves Maternal Health
By: Seth Cochran, Founder & CEO, Operation Fistula I founded Operation Fistula to end obstetric fistula. While an ounce of prevention is worth a pound cure, the multitude of direct…
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Invest in Young People to End Child Marriage, Maternal Mortality, and to Achieve the Development Goals
By: Kenny Simbaya, White Ribbon Alliance Citizen Reporter On September 25, 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, 193 Member States of the UN unanimously adopted the…
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The Long History of Poverty and Health: Promoting Equity in the Fight for Improved Maternal and Child Survival
By: Julianne Weis, Maternal Health Consultant Sustainable Development Goal 10, to reduce inequality within and among countries, stands out as one of the most pressing and challenging obstacles of our…
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Change Happens When Citizens and Governments Come Together
By: Winfred Ongy, White Ribbon Alliance Member and Citizen Reporter In Uganda, my home country, 17 mothers and 106 newborns die every single day during pregnancy and childbirth. The government…
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Adolescent Health Needs a Presence at GMNHC2015
By: Judith Helzner, Visiting Scientist, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Margaret Greene, Director, GreeneWorks In September 2015, the importance of addressing the needs of…
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Previewing the Next Generation of Global Maternal and Newborn Health Programs in Mexico City
The Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, held in Mexico City from October 18-21, will provide a forum to identify, understand, and respond to the most urgent health needs of mothers and newborns. The hope is that it will accelerate momentum for maternal and newborn health in the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals and put us on a track to end all preventable maternal and newborn deaths. One of the best ways to ensure progressive change is to showcase innovative and effective solutions and then consider how to replicate and expand those successes. For maternal and newborn health programs, this applies to improvements in quality, integration, and equity. I’m confident we’ll hear about many new and innovative approaches in Mexico City… read more
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Put the Power to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Women’s Hands: Misoprostol
By: Elisa Wells, MPH, Public Health Institute The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set an ambitious target of reducing the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per…
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Remembering mHealth at GMNHC for Quality, Integration, and Equity
By: Kirsten Gagnaire, Executive Director, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) The first ever Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference (GMNHC) will take place in Mexico City October 18 – 21,…
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Giving Women in India the Voice and Choice to Drive Maternal Healthcare Quality
By: Aparajita Gogoi, Executive Director, CEDPA India and National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance India; Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers When women discover they are pregnant, they often turn…