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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Global Health Corps Now Accepting Applications for 2014-2015 Fellowships
The Global Health Corps is now accepting the first part of applications for its 2014-2015 fellowships, and will be accepted through January 24, 2014. The fellowships draw young people with diverse…
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Attending the Global Forum on Human Resources for Health? Don’t Miss This Side Event on Associate Clinicians
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant On November 10, as the WHO convenes the Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in Recife, Brazil, The Africa Network for Associate Clinicians, New…
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International Health, Maternal Mealth and the MHTF: Catch Up With Us at Next Week’s APHA Meeting
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant This year’s meeting of the American Public Health Association is being held in Boston, Massachusetts from November 2-6, with the theme “Think Global, Act Local:…
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UNFPA’s 2013 State of the World Population Report Puts ‘Motherhood in Childhood’ in Focus
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant In this year’s annual State of the World Population, UNFPA focuses on the issue of early childbearing. The report finds that not only are 7.5…
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Managing Global Research: Lessons Learned From Implementing the INTERGROWTH-21st Project
By: Alison Chatfield, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Written on behalf of the International Fetal and Newborn Growth Consortium for the 21st Century (INTERGROWTH-21st) If…
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Delivering Success: Scaling Up Solutions for Maternal Health (Report Launch)
By: Jacob Glass, Writer, The Wilson Center Cross-posted from New Security Beat Since 2009, the “Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health” series, co-produced by the Wilson Center, Harvard’s Maternal Health Task Force, and…
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Applications Are Now Open for the Maternal Health Young Professionals (MHYP) India Mentoring Program
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The MHTF is partnering with St. John’s Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore to offer a mentoring program for young maternal health professionals in India….
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Day Two of “Measuring Advocacy for Policy Change: The Case for Respectful Maternity Care” Technical Meeting
By: Clare Watt, Harvard School of Public Health; Nora Miller, Research Assistant, Respectful Maternity Care program, Women and Health Initiative Measuring advocacy for policy change: The case for respectful maternity…
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Day One of “Measuring Advocacy for Policy Change: The Case for Respectful Maternity Care” Technical Meeting
By: Tiffany Clark and Emily Forsyth Queen, USAID Traction Project Today marked the first day of Measuring advocacy for policy change: The case for respectful maternity care, a meeting convened…
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Measuring Advocacy for Policy Change: The Case for Respectful Maternity Care
The MHTF and USAID’s Translating Research into Action (TRAction) project are hosting a technical meeting focused on the challenge of measuring advocacy, with the specific aim of applying lessons from…