Monthly Archives: March 2012
The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at the Women and Health Initiative (W&HI) and the Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI) are teaming up on a new project focused on international fetal, newborn, and preterm postnatal growth standards. The team … Continue reading
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Tagged: fetal growth standards, Global Voices, INTERGROWTH-21st Project, job opportunity, newborn growth standards, OMPHI, Opportunities in Maternal Health, Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, preterm postnatal growth standards, Women and Health Initiative
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With support from the Maternal Health Task Force, researchers at the Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University in Sri Lanka sought to understand the prevalence and impact of maternal morbidity. A brief research letter focusing on their findings … Continue reading
Women Deliver 2013 will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from May 28-30. The general scholarship application is now available: There are two different scholarship applications – one for young people who will be under 30-years-old at the time of … Continue reading
This week on the MHTF blog: DFID celebrated Mother’s Day in the UK A new paper explores maternal morbidity Gary Darmstadt and Wendy Prosser write about the growth of “kangaroo care” in Brazil World Water Day: clean water and good … Continue reading
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In honor of World Water Day, our colleagues at IntraHealth have written a blog post about the links between access to clean water and quality health care. Be sure to check out IntraHealth’s World Water Day quiz too. From our … Continue reading
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Tagged: China, health workers, India, Intrahealth, safe drinking water, water and sanitation, World Water Day
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Written by Gary Darmstadt and Wendy Prosser This post was originally posted on Impatient Optimists and is reposted here with permission. The Ministry of Health in Brazil has taken enormous strides to improve maternal and newborn health and … Continue reading
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Tagged: Brazil, Dr. Zeni Carvalho Lamy, frontline health workers, Gary Darmstadt, Healthy Newborn Network, Impatient Optimists, Kangaroo Care, Kangaroo Care Conference for Latin American and the Caribbean, low birth weight, MCHIP, UNICEF, University Hospital of Federal Maranhão, USAID, Wendy Prosser
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Late last year, the Woodrow Wilson Center hosted a Maternal Health Dialogue Series event on maternal morbidities in developing countries based in part on a report written by Karen Hardee, Jill Gay, and former MHTF Director Ann Blanc. The … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ann Blanc, Jill Gay, Karen Hardee, maternal morbidities, morbidities, Wilson Center
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Last weekend, the UK celebrated Mother’s Day. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) highlighted the work they support to improve the lives of mothers around the world and engaged advocates for maternal health. On DFID’s blog, Christy Turlington … Continue reading
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Tagged: Department for International Development, DFID, Mother's Day, UK
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This week on the MHTF blog: Save the Date for GMHC2013 Will there be a 2015 UN Conference on Women? A final project report from Future Generations Two Opportunities for funding in maternal health Some reading for the weekend: Celebrate … Continue reading
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A Closer Look at Lifesaving Maternal Health Medicines
Posted on March 23, 2012 by Kate Mitchell
Written by Rachel Wilson, the senior director of policy and advocacy at PATH and co-chair of the Maternal Health Supplies Working Group Today could be the beginning of a significant, life-saving shift for maternal health. The United Nations Children’s … Continue reading →