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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Quality of Care for Maternal and Child Health: An Interview With Dr. Zulfi Bhutta
The maternal health community has made great strides towards improving the health of women and newborns around the world, but as global efforts have scaled up interventions quickly, the Maternal…
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Empowering Pregnant Women for Positive Birth Experiences: Addressing RMC in the United Kingdom
By: Milli Hill, Founder, Positive Birth Movement The focus of my response will be on UK maternity care, as this is where I am based and where the majority of…
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Free Women From Disrespect and Abuse: Promote Respectful Maternity Care
By: Christina Rawdon, National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance Zimbabwe How great it would be if all women the world over were free from any form of disrespect and abuse (D&A)…
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From Rights-Based Advocacy to Maternal Health Outcomes
By: Georgia Taylor, Health Partners International The health system is responsible for poor maternity care Women’s health is affected by how they are treated during pregnancy, childbirth and after. South…
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The Right to Survive Pregnancy and Childbirth
By: Melissa Upreti, Center for Reproductive Rights For many women, pregnancy is a joyous occasion, but for millions of women worldwide, it is a dangerous proposition that could result in…
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Join Us in Celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Today is a day of celebration: Today we congratulate Malala as a recipient of…
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Every Woman Deserves Respectful Maternity Care During and After Childbirth
By: Susan Moffson, MCSP Senior Program Officer At a training center in Tanzania, Jhpiego’s Senior Maternal Health Advisor, Sheena Currie, addressed the group of brightly dressed nurse-midwives and doctors. As…
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Apply Now! Exciting Fellowships for Maternal Health Professionals
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Join Global Experts Today to Discuss the Impact of Maternal Death
Today, in the Leadership Studio at Harvard School of Public Health, experts will gather to discuss the impact of a maternal death on a family and society. A maternal death…
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Part 3: Strengthening a Tanzanian Midwife’s Work Environment and Conditions: Yasinta’s Story
By: Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Director of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, ICS Integrare; Sheetal Sharma, Research and Knowledge Management Associate, ICS Integrare This post is part of our “Continuum of…