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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From pregnancy to protection: advancing the intersection between antenatal care and immunization
A maternal RSV vaccine, which is quickly advancing through clinical trials and could be available as early as 2021, is a natural opportunity for MNCH and immunization programs to come together like never before..read more
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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal Newborn Health
Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. This month, we are featuring positions with Jhpiego, Partners and Health, PSI..read more
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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. This month, we are featuring positions with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, J-PAL, Ariadne Labs..read more
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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. This month, we are featuring positions with Jhpiego, United Nations Population Fund and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation…read more
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Maternal Health Task Force Honors 10 Global Visionaries for Commitment to Advancing Women’s Health
In honor of its 10th anniversary, the Maternal Health Task Force presented 10 distinguished pioneers from around the world with the inaugural Maternal Health Visionary Award, which recognizes individuals who have made an impact, pushed for innovation, inspired others, exhibited sound leadership and demonstrated a powerful vision for the future of maternal health…read more
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Join on 11 September: Rethinking Maternal and Newborn Health Services
This live and webcast event discussed the recommended action to redesign service delivery, and its implications for maternal and newborn health care in response to the recommendation from The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era (HQSS Commission) that calls for the redesign of service delivery and prompts us to reexamine maternal and newborn care at the primary level…read more
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Announcing Keynote Speakers for the Global Maternal Health Symposium
We are excited to announce the keynote speakers for the Global Maternal Health Symposium! Please join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Maternal Health Task Force, showcase achievements in global maternal health and chart a course forward for critical steps to end preventable maternal mortality and optimize maternal health around the world. The event will take place on Monday, 17 September 2018 from 2:00-5:30PM at the Joseph B. Martin Center in Boston, MA.
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Announcing Keynote Speakers for the Global Maternal Health Symposium
We are excited to announce the keynote speakers for the Global Maternal Health Symposium! Please join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Maternal Health Task Force, showcase achievements in global maternal health and chart a course forward for critical steps to end preventable maternal mortality and optimize maternal health around the world. The event will take place on Monday, 17 September 2018 from 2:00-5:30PM at the Joseph B. Martin Center in Boston, MA.
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Can a Human Centered Design Approach to Group Antenatal Care Improve Women’s Pregnancy and Birth Experiences?
Using a human-centered design approach, Management Sciences for Health and partners recently developed a group antenatal care model that meets the needs of young women, adolescent girls and health care providers in Kenya…read more
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Developing a Measurement Framework for Social, Political and Economic Determinants of Maternal Health
A new paper in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth presents the results of the second phase of a collaborative process to develop a comprehensive monitoring framework for the “Strategies towards ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)” (EPMM Strategies report). This framework presents a set of indicators for measuring progress towards ending preventable maternal mortality by addressing the distal determinants of maternal health and survival…read more