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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Reflection on Strategies Toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality
By: Betsy McCallon, Executive Director, White Ribbon Alliance I am very excited to announce the launch of Strategies Toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM), an effort that was led by…
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Call for Posts! Social Accountability and Community Mobilization to Improve Maternal Health
This post is the first in our new blog series, “Social accountability and community mobilization for maternal health,” hosted with COPASAH and the Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ). From holding governments accountable with legislation for maternal deaths to community monitoring of quality of maternal health care, social accountability can be a powerful tool to empower communities to protect the health of women and mothers. Are you working in this area? Contribute a post to the series!… read more
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Calling for an Integrated Approach to Maternal and Newborn Health: Strategies Toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality
Next week at the 68th World Health Assembly, the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) Working Group — led by WHO in partnership with Family Care International (FCI), the Maternal Health Task Force, UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID, the Maternal Child Survival Program, and the White Ribbon Alliance — will launch its much-anticipated report, Strategies Toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM). For FCI and our partners, this report presents an important opportunity to highlight the critical linkages between the health of a woman and that of her newborn baby… read more
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Use Our New Organizations Search!
We are excited to present a new feature on the MHTF website: the organizations search. We have created a database of maternal health organizations to help foster connections and build…
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A Web and Mobile Application for Reproductive Health Supplies
By: Professor Kumar Devadutta, School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University This post describes the process of implementing RHCLMIS, a web and mobile application for automating RH supplies for the Health…
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Maternal and Newborn Health Take the Spotlight at the World Health Assembly
An event at the 68th World Health Assembly will showcase a combined strategic approach using the EPMM and ENAP frameworks to accelerate progress, and feature examples from country champions of successful models of integration at national policy and point-of-service levels… read more
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Medical Detailing: Teaching Providers How to Properly Use and Advocate for Health Care Products
By: Saundra Pelletier, CEO, Woman Care Global & Evofem I am thrilled to have a discussion about the need for better metrics and measurement for establishing best practices on correct…
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10 New Jobs in Maternal Health and a Conference Scholarship!
Ten more new jobs and one conference scholarship to explore as you navigate your way through a career committed to maternal health. Jobs & fellowships Program Manager: D-tree International, Zanzibar Advisor…
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Supply Chains Key to Meeting Unmet Need for Contraceptives
By: Saundra Pelletier, CEO, Woman Care Global & Evofem In my experience, the problem with talking about supply chains is that no one really wants to have a discussion about…
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Save the Children Publishes 16th State of the World’s Mothers Report
The State of the World’s Mothers 2015 report, which focuses on the disadvantages of being poor in an urban setting, finds that in most developing countries, the poorest urban children are at least twice as likely to die as the richest urban children… read more