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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Maternal Health, Breastfeeding and WASH
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health This week is World Breastfeeding Week! At the MHTF, we love breastfeeding because it…
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What’s in a Name? A Call for Increased Maternal and Newborn Health Integration
By: Alice Irene Whittaker-Cumming, Executive Director, Mother Nature Partnership The language that we use is important. The words that we choose to communicate our ideas reveal where our priorities are,…
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Call for Posts: Continuum of Care Series: Providing for Mom and Baby Through Antenatal and Postnatal Care
By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative; Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The maternal…
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Recent and Upcoming Events
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Convening as a maternal health community is key to improving awareness, knowledge, and our…
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“I Made Some Changes”: A Nurse Midwife’s Experience With Leadership and Management Training
By: Sarah Dwyer, Communications Manager, CapacityPlus/IntraHealth International This post is part of our “Supporting the Human in Human Resources” blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and Jacaranda Health “Things were…
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Addressing Management of Cambodia’s Preterm Births With Antenatal Corticosteroids
By: Rebecca Sheldon, Communications, MCHIP This article was originally posted by MCHIP on July 18th, 2014 In recent years, Cambodia has received international praise for improvements in maternal and child health. The Ministry of…
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“Fit for Purpose and Fit for Practice:” Mid-Level Providers to Bridge Gap in Human Resources for Health
By: Helen de Pinho, Associate Director, Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program, Columbia University; Shanon McNab, Senior Program Officer, Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program, Columbia University This…
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Join the Wilson Center This Wednesday for “Underage: Addressing Reproductive Health and HIV in Married Adolescents”
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health A new wave of attention and research is now focused on one of the…
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Experts Gather to Discuss New Methods for Measuring Obstetric Fistula
By: Vandana Tripathi, Deputy Director, Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth EngenderHealth, which leads the USAID-supported Fistula Care Plus (FC+) project, and the Maternal Health Task Force recently co-convened two meetings on…
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Obstetric Fistula Technical Meeting Convened by Maternal Health Task Force and EngenderHealth
By: Mary Nell Wegner, Executive Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative On July 8-11, the MHTF had the privilege of co-hosting two meetings with the Fistula Care…