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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Event: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Programs as a Strategy to Advance Maternal Health
The Wilson Center will host another fantastic event within their Maternal Health Initiative program on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Programs as a Strategy to Advance Maternal Health. The event will…
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Manifesto for Maternal Health: Highlights From The Safe Motherhood Program and Midwives for Haiti
By: Natalie Ramm, Communications Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Continuing the celebration of the one-year anniversary of the “Manifesto for Maternal Health,” this post showcases the…
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Quality Obstetric Care and the Lessons That Can Be Learned From the HIV/AIDS Experience
By: Leilani Hastings, Conference Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Last week, BMC International Health and Human Rights published an article by Hammonds and Ooms entitled, “The…
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Manifesto for Maternal Health: Highlights From Women Deliver and Population Council
By: Natalie Ramm, Communications Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Continuing the celebration of the one-year anniversary of the “Manifesto for Maternal Health,” this post showcases the…
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Reducing Newborn Deaths by Targeting Adolescent Mothers
Last week, Save the Children published a report entitled, “Ending Newborn Deaths.” The report highlights the need to concentrate on the reduction of newborn deaths as it lags behind the…
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Decreasing Indonesia’s Fertility Rate From 5.6 to 2.6: Can it Be Reduced to 2.1?
By: Leilani Hastings, Conference Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Indonesia is making headlines recently (NY Times and The Lancet) as it puts further concerted efforts into…
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Manifesto for Maternal Health, One Year Later: Highlights From PLOS Medicine & PLOS Pathogens
By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the “Manifesto for Maternal Health”—co-authored by Ana Langer, Richard Horton,…
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Updates on Post-2015 Maternal Mortality Target Setting
The Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) working group met in January 2014 to continue the ongoing discussion of maternal mortality targets, post-2015 and the end of the Millennium Development Goals….
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Reducing PPH in Senegal With Misoprostol and Oxytocin-Filled Uniject® at Local Health Centers
Family Care International (FCI), along with Gynuity Health Projects, is working towards increasing access and availability of life-saving treatments to prevent post-partum hemorrhage (PPH). Their undertaking to reduce PPH has been…
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Special Issues of Two Journals Focus on Dimensions of Maternal Health
By Sarah Blake, MHTF Two journals, the American Journal of Public Health and the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health have recently published special issues that compile new research and…