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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MHTF@hsph.harvard.edu
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Global Maternal Health News and Research
Get the latest news and research on maternal health from around the world.
The MHTF team pulls the most current updates from peer-reviewed journals, news outlets and global health websites together in one location for you.
News
- Appropriate Storage and Management of Oxytocin – a Key Commodity for Maternal Health WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA | March 2019
- Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement US Preventive Task Force | February 2019
- Recommendations to the Indian Health Service on American Indian/Alaska Native Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age with Opioid Use Disorder Indian Health Service/ACOG | March 2019
- When We Talk about Maternal Mortality, We Must Talk about Mental Health CLASP | January 2019
- Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund UNFPA | February 2019
- Developing an oral contraceptive and HIV-prevention method, in a single pill Population Council | January 2018
- To avoid stillbirths, women in Kenya bribe overworked doctors Al Jazeera | January 2019
- Rising awareness of maternal care for indigenous women in Guatemala Borgen Magazine | September 2018
- Rethinking innovation in maternal and child health in Africa: Five case studies STAT | September 2018
- Summit’s focus: High mortality rates of black mothers, infants The Washington Informer | September 2018
Research
- Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement US Preventive Task Force | February 2019
- Gestational Weight Gain and Severe Maternal Morbidity at Delivery Hospitalization Obstetrics & Gynecology | March 2019
- Pregnancy Outcomes in US Prisons, 2016–2017 American Public Health Association | March 2019
- The role of male partner in utilization of maternal health care services in Ethiopia: a community-based couple study BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | January 2019
- Prior dengue virus infection and risk of Zika: A pediatric cohort in Nicaragua PLOS Medicine | January 2019
- Association of Maternal Social Relationships With Cognitive Development in Early Childhood JAMA Network Open | January 2019
- Introduction of genomics into prenatal diagnostics The Lancet | January 2019
- Low-income Texas women’s experiences accessing their desired contraceptive method at the first postpartum visit Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health | December 2018
- Maternal immunisation to improve the health of HIV-exposed infants The Lancet | December 2018
- Temporal trends in spatial inequalities of maternal and newborn health services among four east African countries, 1999–2015 BMC Public Health | December 2018