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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New WHO Report Explores Role of Civil Society in Accelerating Progress on RMNCH
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The WHO has published Strategies, tactics and approaches: Conducting and evaluating national civil society advocacy for reproductive, maternal and child health, based on 2012 consultation…
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Maternal Health Careers: Jacaranda Health and UCSF Bixby Center for Global Health
Our colleagues at Jacaranda Health and the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Health are now accepting applications from qualified maternal health professionals. Jacaranda Health is seeking a Knowledge/Special Projects Manager…
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Celebrating the Second Year of the PLOS-MHTF Collection on Maternal Health
The following was originally posted on PLOS Blogs PLOS Medicine and the MHTF review highlights of the second successful collection, as part of their 3 Year partnership focusing on improving…
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Please Join the MHTF for a Webinar on Perinatal Health and the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28, the MHTF is hosting a seminar on perinatal health led by Stephen Kennedy and Jose Villar, co-directors of the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute and…
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St. John’s Research Institute, MHTF Launch Maternal Health Young Professionals Program in India
This week, St. John’s Research Institute in Bangalore, India, welcomed the inaugural class of the Maternal Health Young Professionals (MHYP) program. The program, designed to strengthen the research skills of…
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Moving Beyond the Numbers
By: Renuka Motihar, Independent Consultant and member of the Executive Committee of the White Ribbon Alliance India As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does…
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New MHTF Topics Page: Post-2015: What’s Next for Maternal Health?
The MHTF is pleased to announce the launch of our latest topic page: “Post-2014: What’s next for maternal health?” Along with our ongoing guest blog series on the proposed maternal health goal…
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Maternal Mortality in Central America: The Need to Accelerate Efforts by 2035
By: Edgar Kestler, Director, Epidemiological Research Center in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Guatemala As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does the future hold for…
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The Global Stage Needs a Global Audience
By: Lennie Kamwendo, White Ribbon Alliance Global Board Member As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does the future hold for international maternal mortality targets?…
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Translating Global Targets to Local Action: Lessons From Nigeria
By: Bridget Nwagbara and Osayande Osagie, students at Melbourne School of Global and Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia. As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals,…