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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The Lancet’s Editor Richard Horton Provides Commentary on Recent MMR Estimates
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health If you have been following the news and our MMR Estimates Blog Series, you…
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Every Newborn Action Plan Endorsed by the World Health Assembly
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Last week newborn health gained critical attention and commitment. On May 24th, 2014 the…
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My Perspective on Targets and Strategies Set for Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM)
By: Mengistu Hailemariam, MD, Maternal Health Advisor, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia The April 2014 Technical Consultation on Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality, Post-2015 Target Setting (EPMM) meeting in Bangkok yielded invaluable…
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Lancet Launches Every Newborn series: Where We’ve Been and Where We Need to Go
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health This week The Lancet released its series: Every Newborn. The publication was purposefully timed…
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More Caffeine, Less Long-Term Damage for Premature Infants?
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Caffeine can help us start our day or get us through a drowsy afternoon….
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Commentary: WHO and IHME Estimates – Global, Regional and National Causes of Maternal Death
By: Affette McCaw-Binns, Professor of Reproductive Health and Epidemiology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica In the same week IHME and the WHO provided the maternal health community with…
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The What and Why of Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to mHealth
By: Yogeeta Manglani, Research Assistant, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Despite hundreds of pilot studies, the general consensus among the mHealth community is that we lack sufficient…
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Overmedicalization of Birth: Why Are Cesarean Section Rates so High in the U.S.?
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Some view the rate of Cesarean sections as ubiquitous, others scarce. Either way, rates…
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Making Real Change for Maternal Health Through Advocacy in Uganda
By: Robina Biteyi, National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance Uganda In Uganda we are witnessing a recent increase in maternal deaths . We once reported that 16 women die every day…
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Bangkok Delivers
By: Ana Langer, Director of the Maternal Health Task Force and Women and Health Initiative Big news from Bangkok. With the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals approaching, the…