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The Wilson Center Comparative Urban Studies Project is hosting an discussion on May 14 to mark the launch of Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World, the latest edition of the Population Council’s Girls Count … Continue reading
The International Day of the Midwife was marked yesterday, May 5. The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) hosted the Virtual Day of the Midwife, a 24-hour series of presentations to mark the date. Midwives, advocates, researchers and others spoke on … Continue reading
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The Lancet and the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres, Universities and National Academies are now accepting submissions of abstracts for presentation at its upcoming 5th World Health Summit as part of the competitive New Voices for Global Health program. … Continue reading
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As we announced last week, the next event in the 2012-2013 Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series will be held tomorrow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC at noon. Even if you cannot attend the event in person, we … Continue reading
To mark the launch of its latest research collection, on May 7, PLOS Medicine is holding the event “Can We Do Better? Measuring Maternal, Newborn and Child Health,” at the National Press Club in Washington, DC from 9:30am-12:30 pm. The … Continue reading
The next event in the 2012-2013 Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series cosponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Global Health Initiative, UNFPA, and the MHTF, the Wilson Center will host a discussion on “Addressing Disrespect and Abuse … Continue reading
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Tagged: maternal health, respectful maternity care, UNFPA, Wilson Center
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Registration is now open for the May 8 webinar, “Misoprostol for Postpartum Hemorrhage: Advocacy, Approval, Access.” The webinar will be hosted by Family Care International, Gynuity Health Projects, PATH and Population Services International. From the webinar announcement: Misoprostol is a safe and effective medicine for … Continue reading
Our colleagues at IDEAS are currently recruiting for a student intern: IDEAS (Informed Decisions for Actions) aims to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies through generating evidence to inform policy and practice. Working in Ethiopia, North-Eastern Nigeria and … Continue reading
Guest post by Samantha Lattof, MHTF Senior Research and Evaluation Manager The MHTF is pleased to announce the launch of our latest MHTF-PLOS Maternal Health Collection on the theme Maternal Health is Women’s Health. The collection includes 12 initial research articles published … Continue reading
PATH and Merck for Mothers are hosting a webinar next Wednesday, April 10 at noon (EDT) to present the findings of PATH and Merck for Mothers’ year-long collaboration to identify innovations with the greatest potential to impact women’s health and … Continue reading
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