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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On World Humanitarian Day, a Focus on Reproductive and Maternal Health Providers in Humanitarian Settings
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Yesterday, on World Humanitarian Day, K4Health launched a new Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings toolkit, a set of resources that offer guidance for health care…
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Maternal Health Leaders Call for New Global Commitment to Eliminating Preventable Maternal Deaths
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant In “Ending preventable maternal deaths: the time is now” published today in The Lancet Global Health, a group of maternal health experts call on the…
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New Research Explores Why Women Deliver Alone in Nigeria
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant In general, discussions about care during labor and delivery tend to focus on two groups: women who deliverwith assistance from a skilled birth attendant, such…
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New TRAction RFA for Research on Recognition, Referral, Responses for Maternal; Neonatal Complications
By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The Translating Research into Action (TRAction) Project is inviting applications for case studies documenting interventions that have sought to improve the recognition and response to…
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New Study Examines the Cost of Maternal Disease Associated With Suboptimal Breastfeeding
By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology recently published a paper, Cost Analysis of Maternal Disease Associated…
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Research Council of Norway Announces New Funding Opportunity for FP and MNCH
By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative The Global Health and Vaccination Research Program (GLOBVAC) has recently announced a global health funding opportunity…
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NPR Reports on the Critical Role of Midwives in Conflict Zones
By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative NPR’s Shots recently ran a story, How midwives have become critical in war-zones, that discusses the…
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Apply Now: Program Implementation Workshop on Postpartum Hemorrhage
By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), along with partners at Population Services International…
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New Content Added to the MHTF-PLOS Maternal Health Collection
By: Jocalyn Clark, Senior Magazine Editor, PLOS Medicine We’re delighted to announce the addition of new content to our Maternal Health Task Force-PLOS Collection on Maternal Health. Related Topics Last Updated…
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Atul Gawande on “Slow Ideas” and Maternal Health
In Atul Gawande’s recent piece in the New Yorker, Slow ideas: Some innovations spread fast. How do you speed the ones that don’t?, he takes a careful look at the…