Monthly Archives: April 2010
Eight innovative ideas for transforming the field of maternal health are finalists in the online competition “Healthy Mothers, Strong World: The Next Generation of Ideas for Maternal Health,” sponsored by The Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth and Ashoka’s Changemakers. … Continue reading
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Tagged: Afghanistan, Africa, Ann Blanc, antenatal clinics, Ashoka, Ashoka's Changemakers, Asia, Brazil, Care and Reproductive Rights, Caribbean, Central America, Change Summit, Charlie Brown, Dr. Ann K. Blanc, Drishtee Maternal Health Care, EngenderHealth, entrepreneurs, Europe, Fatherhood, finalists, Global Maternal Health Conference 2010, Health Mothers Strong World: The Next Generation of Ideas for Maternal Health, HIV/AIDS, India, Integrating Active Case-Finding for TB with Prevention of Mother-to Child Transmission of HIV Services in Antenatal Clinics, Jacaranda Health, Kenya, Making it Sustainable: Investing in Developing Skilled Maternal Health Women Entrepreneurs, maternal death, maternal disability, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, Mexico, MHTF, New Delhi, New Ideas and Innovations, North America, One Heart World-Wide, online competition, Pacific, Reducing Maternal Mortality, Safe Delivery: Solar Suitcases that Save Mothers and Infants, South America, Sustainable Maternity Clinics in Urban Slums, TB, Training Informal Care Providers to Prevent Bleeding After Childbirth Through the Use of Misoprostol, USA, vote, voting, Wholistic Health for Mother and Baby, Young Champions of Maternal Health
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The Maternal Health Task Force is looking to those working in maternal health to comment on the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic reduction in global maternal mortality. IMMPACT is a global research initiative that aims … Continue reading
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Tagged: adult female mortality, confidence intervals, David Braunholtz, Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, estimated fertilities, Hogan et al, IMMPACT, Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment at the University of Aberdeen, Jhpiego, Lancet, Lucia D'Ambruoso, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal mortality, maternal mortality estimates, maternal mortality ratio, MDG5, measurement, MHTF, MMR, MMR estimates, new estimates, Policy and Advocacy, recent estimates, sisterhood method, The Lancet, uncertainty, uncertainty intervals, UNFPA, UNICEF, United Kingdom, University of Aberdeen, vital registration, WHO, World Bank, World Health Organization
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Human Rights Watch has been nominated for a Webby Award for their video, In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India. Photographer Susan Meiselas and reporter Dumeetha Luthra traveled to India for Human Rights Watch to document the story of Kiran Yadav, … Continue reading
Written by Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist at the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) I recently attended the NTEN Annual Conference (April 8-10) in Atlanta, Georgia. NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) is an organization that helps nonprofits navigate the high-speed, constantly-changing … Continue reading
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Tagged: Atlanta, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Georgia, GIS, global health, Google Analytics, interactive maps, KMS, Knowledge Management Specialist, mapping, maps, Maternal Health Task Force, MDG5, metrics, MHTF, Millennium Development Goal 5, mobile campaign, mobile phones, mobile technology, New Ideas and Innovations, nonprofit, nonprofit sector, Nonprofit Technology Network, NTEN, NTEN Annual Conference, open-source tools, Raji Mohanam, social media, technology, track metrics, What has technology done for you lately?
Posted in: Commentary, Conferences and Meetings, News
Don’t forget! This event is this Thursday, April 29th! Please join the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative and Environmental Change and Security Program, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), and the United … Continue reading
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The Maternal Health Task Force is looking to those working in maternal health to comment on the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic reduction in global maternal mortality. Dr. Harshad Sanghvi is Vice President and Medical … Continue reading
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Tagged: access to education, Baltimore, calcium supplementation, childbirth, Chris Murray, community-based interventions, Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, evidence-based interventions, global health, hysterectomy, iron supplementation, Jhpiego, Kenya, Lancet, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MHTF, misoprostol, new estimates, nutrition, NYT, pelvic sepsis, postpartum hemorrhage, pregnancy rates, skilled birth attendants, The Lancet
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April 25th (this Sunday) is World Malaria Day. Recently, researchers from the Center for Global Health and Development at Boston University and the Indian National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) conducted studies to better understand the burden of malaria among pregnant … Continue reading
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Tagged: Boston University, Bram Brooks, Center for Global Health and Development, Chhattisgarh, David Hamer, Davidson Hamer, east India, effective case management, empirical evidence, fetal death, global risk map of malaria in pregnancy (MiP), India, Indian National Institute of Malaria Research, infant health, insecticide-treated bed nets, intermittent preventative therapy, Jharkhand, low birth weight, malaria, malaria chemoprophylaxis, malaria in pregnancy, Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium, malaria morbidity, malaria mortality, maternal anemia, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, MHTF, MiP, national guidelines, placental malaria, pregnance, premature birth, public health, qualitative data, quantitative data, research, rural, urban, WHO, World Health Organization, World Malaria Day
Posted in: Commentary, Evidence, News, Policy and Advocacy
The Maternal Health Task Force is looking to those working in maternal health to comment on the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic reduction in global maternal mortality. Dr. Marco Gomes is the Health and HIV Policy … Continue reading
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Tagged: abortion, advocates, Centre for Health Policy and Innovation, child health, China, east Africa, essential obstetric care, Health and HIV Policy Adviser, health policy, health systems, Lancet, lifetime risk of maternal death, Malaysia, Marco Gomes, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, new estimates, northern Europe, political environments, safe motherhood, Sri Lanka, technical interventions, The Lancet, Zimbabwe
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The Maternal Health Task Force is looking to those working in maternal health to comment on the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic reduction in global maternal mortality. Claire Bangser is the Program Coordinator for the … Continue reading
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Tagged: access to health care, Ashoka, Ashoka Fellows, blogger contest, Changemakers, Chris Murray, Claire Bangser, entrepreneur, innovators, Lancet, maternal death, maternal health, Maternal Health Blogger Contest, Maternal Health Task Force, MHTF, new estimates, New Ideas and Innovations, The Lancet, Young Champions of Maternal Health
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Posted on April 30, 2010 by Kate Mitchell
This guest blog post was written by the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases staff. According to the new maternal mortality estimates recently published in the Lancet, 342,900 women die annually while pregnant or from childbirth. This is a dramatic … Continue reading →