Monthly Archives: May 2012
Colleagues at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) recently published a paper, Costs of Maternal Health-related Complications in Bangladesh, in the Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition that explores the economic repercussions on households of maternal … Continue reading
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Tagged: Bangladesh, economic impact, economic repurcussions, ICDDRB, Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, maternal morbidity, out-of-pocket payment, vouchers
Posted in: Evidence, Policy and Advocacy
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, May 24th, found that the effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraception is superior to that of contraceptive pills, patch, or ring. This is important news for the global … Continue reading
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Tagged: ABC News, birth control, contraception, hormone injections, IUD, long-acting reversible contraception, Melinda Gates, New England Journal of Medicine, patch, ring, Time Magazine, unintended pregnancy, Wall Street Journal
Posted in: Evidence, News
In a story published on Tuesday in the New York Times, author Nilanjana S. Roy writes about the multiple ways that mobile phones are impacting women’s lives across India–a place where, according to the Times, 700 million people have mobile … Continue reading
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Tagged: Barefoot College, Gujarat, India, mhealth, mobile phones, New York Times, Nilanjana S. Roy, Rajasthan
Posted in: News
Last month, the Maternal Health Task Force was invited by the Secretariat to the UN Commission for Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children to complete a landscaping of maternal health commodities in 6 countries. The MHTF, in collaboration with … Continue reading
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Tagged: commodities, eclampsia, Global Health Visions, magnesium sulfate, maternal health commodities, misoprostol, New Ideas and Innovations, oxytocin, PE/E, post-partum hemorrhage, PPH, pre-eclampsia, UN Commission for Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children, UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children: Country Case Studies, uterotonics, WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines
Posted in: Commentary, Evidence, News
According to a new study published in PLoS One by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the World Health Organization (WHO), a simple and low-cost checklist has the potential to dramatically improve practices of health workers during childbirth. … Continue reading
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Tagged: checklist, Dr. Bhala Kodkany, handwashing, Harvard School of Public Health, HSPH, India, infection, JNMC Women's and Children's Health Research Unit, Karnataka, neonatal health, PLOS ONE, PPH, Priya Agrawal, sepsis, stillbirths, WHO, World Health Organization
Posted in: Evidence, News
New global maternal mortality estimates were released today in a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank. The report,“Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010”, shows that the … Continue reading
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Tagged: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, global health, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lithuania, Maldives, maternal mortality, MDG5, Nepal, new maternal mortality estimates, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank
Posted in: Commentary, Evidence, News, Policy and Advocacy
Harvard School of Public Health is looking for a Senior Grants Manager to provide grants management support to the Women and Health Initiative (W&HI)–including the Maternal Health Task Force. Please see below for the job description: Reporting to the … Continue reading
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Tagged: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, job opportunity, Senior Grants Manager, Women and Health Initiative
Posted in: Opportunities
Mother’s Day 2012 provides a good occasion to celebrate accomplishments in the field over the past year. The Maternal Health Task Force shares ten exciting developments. The State of the World’s Midwives report provided the first comprehensive analysis … Continue reading
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Tagged: Born Too Soon, commodities, Direct Relief International, family planning, Fistula Foundation, Global Fistula Map, Joyce Banda, List of Essential Medicines, Malawi, Melinda Gates, MHTF, MHTF-PLOS Collection, misoprostol, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2012, PLOS, post-partum hemorrhage, Respectful Maternity Care Charter, State of the World's Midwives report, State of the World's Mothers Report, UNFPA, UNICEF, White Ribbon Alliance, WHO, World Health Organization, WRA
Posted in: Commentary, News, Resources
Save the Children‘s thirteenth State of the World’s Mothers report was released yesterday–providing a ranking of the “best” and “worst” places to be a mother, based on various indicators such as lifetime risk of maternal death, number of years of … Continue reading
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Tagged: 000 days, 1, Afghanistan, breastfeeding, Carolyn Miles, maternal malnutrition, Niger, Norway, nutrition, Save the Children, Solomon Islands, State of the World's Mothers, United States
Posted in: Evidence, News
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Deborah Maine asks, “Does the HPV vaccine make sense?”
Posted on May 23, 2012 by Kate Mitchell
On Wednesday, May 16th, the Maternal Health Task Force at the Women and Health Initiative hosted Deborah Maine for a seminar on cervical cancer at Harvard School of Public Health. The seminar was titled, “HPV Vaccine: Does it make sense?” … Continue reading →