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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Solidarity and Stigma: The Challenge of Improving Maternal Health for Women Living With HIV
By: Donald Borenstein, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center This post was originally posted on the New Security Beat, the blog of the Environmental Change and Security Program…
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Using Mobile Phones to Report Informal Fees Requested for Maternal Health Care
Guest post by Averting Maternal Disability and Death (AMDD) and SAHAYOG Despite the investment of enormous resources by India’s central government and the Uttar Pradesh state government in creating demand…
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Social Accountability: The Answer to Ensuring Reproductive and Maternal Health Rights in the Post-MDG Era?
May 05, 2014 12:00pm — 2:00pm Event Co-sponsors: Global Sustainability and Resilience Program As part of the MHTF and Woodrow Wilson Center’s Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series, this maternal…
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Manifesto Para la Salud Materna: Reflexiones de Balance
Continuando con la celebración del primer aniversario del “Manifiesto para la Salud Materna,” este post muestra el trabajo de Balance para mejorar la salud materna global. Durante el último año,…
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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Programs as a Strategy to Advance Maternal Health
By: Katrina Braxton, Program Assistant, The Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative This post was originally posted on the New Security Beat, the blog of the Environmental Change and Security Program…
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World Malaria Day 2014: Malaria in Pregnancy
Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) is not only a substantial contributor to maternal mortality and morbidity in malaria-endemic regions, but also leads to neonatal mortality, low birth weight babies, spontaneous abortion,…
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Manifesto for Maternal Health: In-Country Perspective From the White Ribbon Alliance Tanzania
By: Rose Mlay, National Coordinator, The White Ribbon Alliance Tanzania Throughout my career as a midwife, I am all too familiar with the challenge of women arriving too late to…
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Postnatal Depression: What Should We Know About It?
By: Deborah Billings, PhD; Filipa deCastro, PhD; Jean Marie Simms Place, PhD Read this post in Spanish here. What is postnatal depression? Postnatal depression is characterized by feelings of hopelessness, agitation, sadness,…
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What Community Health Workers Want: A Conversation With SEWA Rural
By: Shrey Desai, Research Coordinator at SEWA Rural Could you give us an overview of your work as it pertains to maternal health and/or mHealth? SEWA Rural is a voluntary…
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Literacy and the School-Health Connection: An Informal Conversation With Robert LeVine and Ana Langer
Ana Langer, Director of the Women and Health Initiative and the Maternal Health Task Force, and Robert LeVine, Roy Edward Larsen Professor of Education and Human Development, discussed the connection…