Monthly Archives: May 2010
Using geographic maps provides a global view of where maternal health activity is occurring and helps the community to understand where gaps exist. So far, we have three interactive maps on our site containing information that we hope will be useful … Continue reading
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Tagged: concentration in maternal health, interactive maps, Kate Mitchell, mapping, mapping form, mapping systems, maternal health, maternal health community, maternal health knowledge hubs, maternal health organizations, Put Yourself on the Map, schools of public health, Women Deliver, Women Deliver Conference
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Written by Meagan Manas, MDiv, Women’s Ministries, National Council of Churches Fistula Stories is a faith-based 4-session curriculum for use in churches, campus ministries, and other community groups. Through education, Bible study, and advocacy planning, Fistula Stories invites the group to take a … Continue reading
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Tagged: action, advocacy planning, Bible study, campus ministries, churches, community groups, education, faith, faith-based curriculum, Fistula Stories, free curriculum, global maternal health, maternal health, Meagan Manas, National Council of Churches, obstetric fistula, press release, re-launch, Women's Ministries
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On May 24th, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a policy forum to examine the evolving role for the U.S. in improving international maternal, newborn, and child health as well as global progress toward achieving MDG4 and 5. Speakers included Jennifer … Continue reading
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Tagged: child health, Chris Murray, Christopher J L Murray, Diane Rowland, EngenderHealth, fact sheet, family planning, Flavia Bustreo, Global Health Initiative, Global Health Policy and HIV, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Jen Kates, Jennifer Klein, Kaiser Family Foundation, maternal and child health, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, MDG4, MDG5, MHTF, newborn health, Obama Administration, Partnership for Maternal N, policy forum, Related Links, reproductive health, U.S. Department of State, University of Washington, WHO, World Health Organization, world progress
Posted in: Conferences and Meetings, News
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is committed to raising awareness for the issue of global maternal mortality. On Monday, May24th, the center launched a new interactive site, Dying for Life, dedicated to international maternal mortality reporting projects. In conjunction … Continue reading
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Tagged: Dying for Life, Global Maternal Health Writing Contest, Helium, India, journalism, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, media, Mexico, Pulitzer Center, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, reporting projects, writing contest
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An article, More Condoms, Contraceptives, Midwives, and Educated Girls Could Prevent Most Maternal Deaths―New World Bank Reproductive Action Plan, on the World Bank News and Broadcast page outlines the rationale and the details of the new plan. The plan will … Continue reading
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Tagged: antenatal care, antenatal services, community health workers, condoms, contraception, contraceptives, donor agencies, donors, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, female education, governments, health systems, health workers, international aid, interventions, maternal and child health, maternal death, maternal health, midwife, midwifery care, midwives, newborn health, postnatal care, pregnancy complications, prevention, reproductive health services, World Bank, World Bank Reproductive Action Plan
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Join us for a special reception and viewing of the films from the “Living Proof Project“. The event is hosted by Save the Children and the Maternal Health Task Force and takes place on Monday, June 7th at 6:45pm at … Continue reading
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Tagged: Healthy Newborn Network, Living Proof Project, MHTF, Save the Children, SNL, Women Deliver, Women Deliver Conference
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The Maternal Health Task Force is working with Population Action International (PAI) to apply the lessons learned from the reproductive health supplies movement to the maternal health field, in order to ensure that women throughout the world have access to all … Continue reading
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Tagged: advocacy, Bangladesh, Carolyn Vogel, case studies, checklist, contraceptives, fact sheet, family planning, Kenya, Linking Reproductive and Maternal Health Supplies, maternal health, maternal health supplies, Maternal Health Task Force, MHTF, PAI, policy recommendations, Population Action International, reproductive health, reproductive health supplies, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, RHSC, Roy Jacobstein, Rwanda, technical, toolkit, Uganda, White Ribbon Alliance
Posted in: News, Policy and Advocacy
On June 7th, 2010, the University of Oxford will be launching ‘Global Voices for Maternal Health’, a crowd-sourcing project to give maternal health care providers around the world a direct global voice in identifying and solving the barriers to providing … Continue reading
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Tagged: barriers, crowd-sourcing, evidence-based, Global Voices, Global Voices for Maternal Health, health care providers, innovative solutions, launch, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, MHTF, policy makers, pregnancy complications, program managers, survey, University of Oxford, Women Deliver
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Reminder: This event will occur this Thursday, May 20th! Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the fifth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health. … Continue reading
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Tagged: Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, ambulances, AMDD, Averting Maternal Death and Disability, Bolivia, CARE Bolivia, Columbia University, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Emergency 108, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), Family Health International, Ghana, Ghana Health Service, GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute of India, India, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, knowledge sharing, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal heatlh, Patricia Bailey, policy discussion, referral, research, road infrastructure, rural Ghana, skilled birth attendants, Subodh Satyawadi, technical assistance, Transportation, transportation and referral, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, USAID's Bureau for Global Health, Victor Conde Altamirano, Washington DC, webcast, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative
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Podcast: Chris Murray Discusses His Recent Research that Suggests a Drop in Global Maternal Deaths
Posted on May 19, 2010 by Kate Mitchell
EarthSky: A Clear Voice for Science has posted two podcast interviews with Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington—and principal author of the April 2010 study published in the Lancet that … Continue reading →