Monthly Archives: April 2011
This week on the MHTF blog: We wrote about the connection between malaria and maternal health A film about maternal health will be featured by The Economist Film Project Reports from a hospital in Libya More on stillbirths from The … Continue reading
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Tagged: data, family planning, foreign policy, Lesotho, Libya, mental health, stillbirth
Posted in: News
We’ve written before on GlobalMama (free registration required) about the mental health aspect of maternal health and how mental health is missing from the global health agenda. The recent Lancet stillbirth series should bring the issue of maternal mental health … Continue reading
Earlier this month, The Lancet published a series on stillbirths to shed light on a health issue that is often ignored. Many of the causes of stillbirth also can lead to poor maternal outcomes, and many of the solutions and … Continue reading
Maternal health in post-conflict or post-crisis settings is a topic that we’ve discussed here on the blog before. However, it is often hard to find data, or even anecdotal, that explains how mothers are impacted by an unfolding crisis. Reports … Continue reading
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Tagged: Libya, maternal and child health, maternal health, miscarriage, premature birth, supply shortages
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From The Economist: New York, NY–The Economist Film Project, which presents documentary films that reflect the types of issues The Economist is known for covering, announced today that The Edge of Joy will be the initiative’s debut film. Directed by … Continue reading
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Tagged: Edge of Joy, film, maternal health, maternity care, maternity wards, The Economist
Posted in: Announcements
Today is World Malaria Day. As with many other health issues, such as neglected tropical diseases, HIV/AIDS, and nutrition, there are intricate links between malaria and maternal health. A 2010 paper by Dellicour et al. estimates that over … Continue reading
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Tagged: malaria, malaria in pregnancy, Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium, World Malaria Day
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This week on the MHTF blog: We posted about an upcoming USAID Maternal Health Technical Series We commented on the World Bank-IMF Global Monitoring Report There was a Maternal Health Policy Dialogue on accessing care in urban slums Mama was … Continue reading
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Tagged: India, M4ID, Mama, misoprostol, performance for payment, Rwanda, scorecards, Senegal, Women's Refugee Commission
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The World Health Organization (WHO) published this week some chapters of the World Medicines Situation Report 2011. According to the WHO: The third edition of the World Medicines Situation Report brings together new data on 24 key topics relating to … Continue reading
The following post is contributed by the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) who launched the Mama project. To read a blog post by Marketing for International Development (M4ID), who worked with the WRC to design the platform, click here. This post … Continue reading
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Tagged: crisis situations, Facebook, M4ID, Mama, maternal health, post conflict situations, SMS, Women's Refugee Commission
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The following post is contributed by Mari Tikkanen, Managing Director of Marketing for International Development (M4ID), which designed the platform for the Mama project with the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC). To read a blog post from the WRC on Mama, … Continue reading
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Tagged: crisis situations, Facebook, M4ID, Mama, maternal health, post conflict situations, SMS, Women's Refugee Commission
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