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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Part 1: What Women Want and Need vs. What They Get
By: Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Director of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, ICS Integrare; Sheetal Sharma, Research and Knowledge Management Associate, ICS Integrare What does this mean for the care…
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Addressing Barriers for Midwifery Care in Mexico: Interview With Cris Alonso
Luna Maya is a midwife-run birth center in Chiapas, Mexico. This the second part of a two-part edited conversation with its director, Cris Alonso. To read the first part of this interview…
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Implementation of a New WHO Antenatal Care Model in Thailand
By: Pisake Lumbiganon, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force Background Theoretically antenatal care (ANC)…
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Increasing Midwifery Care in Mexico: Interview With Cris Alonso
Luna Maya is a midwife-run birth center in Chiapas, Mexico. It was created in 2004 through a MacArthur Foundation (MAF) statewide initiative to reduce maternal mortality in Chiapas. Despite many…
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Building Management Capacities in Maternal Health Clinical Leaders
By: Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers Do management capacities in clinicians really matter for maternal health? This is a key question that MSD for Mothers, along with some…
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Ebola’s Victims: Not Just Those it Infects
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Ebola’s victims are not just the people it infects, and eventually kills, but anyone…
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Providing for Mom and Baby: Countrywide Programs Promoting Antenatal and Postnatal Care
By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force Our…
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What’s New? Maternal Health Jobs
There are a lot of exciting new positions in maternal health that opened up this month. Check out the listing below: Related Topics Last Updated Get the latest public health…
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Mexfam Conference: Priorities for Adolescent Maternal Health in Mexico
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Adolescent maternal health, a subject of renewed international and national concern, took the spotlight…
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Learning to Pay the Price: The Need for Remuneration of Frontline Health Workers
By: Cindil Redick, Communications & Advocacy Advisor, One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign This health worker shortage is a critical issue in over 80 countries. The WHO and Global Health…