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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Maternal Health and HIV: Global Priorities for Research and Action – at the Wilson Center January 13
With HIV contributing to one- quarter of maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a critical need ensure that both health systems and social dynamics shape quality and use of…
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Tech4MH: Supporting Postpartum Family Planning with Human-Powered SMS Innovation
By: Allison Ettenger, Program Manager, Jacaranda Health; Grace Lesser, Knowledge Manager, Jacaranda Health Jacaranda Health, a social enterprise, has been providing affordable, high-quality maternal and newborn health care for over…
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Strengthening the Evidence on Postnatal Care
By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative WHO has released new Recommendations on Postnatal Care of the Mother and Newborn. This publication replaces an…
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UNFPA Announces Forthcoming 2014 Edition of State of the World’s Midwifery report
UNFPA has announced that the second edition the State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) report will be launched in June 2014 at the 30th Triennial Congress of the International Confederation…
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Saving Mothers, Giving Life: A Year of Results and Lessons Learned: January 9
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant On January 9, 2014, the Center for Strategic and International Studies will host a panel discussion on the first year of the Saving Mothers Giving…
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Standardizing Research and Practice for Fetal and Newborn Growth
By: Alison Chatfield, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative In 1993, the WHO undertook a comprehensive review of the references, charts and tools used to monitor…
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Tech4MH: Five Typical Misfits of Technology in the Developing World
By: Elizabeth Johansen, Director of Product Development, Design that Matters Well-designed medical technology has tremendous potential to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in developing countries. However, according to an influential…
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Join IDEAS December 18 for This Month’s Web Seminar: Maternal, Perinatal and Child Death Reviews
This Wednesday, December 18, our colleagues at IDEAS will host this month’s edition of its monthly web seminar series. This month’s seminar will focus on the issue of maternal, perinatal…
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Free Maternity Services in Kenya: Do They Include Respectful Maternity Care?
By: Nora Miller, Research Assistant, Respectful Maternity Care program, Women and Health Initiative Unlike many of its neighboring countries, where progress has been made toward the MDG 5 target of…
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Recap of the MHTF-PLOS Event: Improving Maternal Health
By: Natalie Ramm, Communications Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative “Improving Maternal Health: Insights from around the world” was held Wednesday at the Harvard School of Public…