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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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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

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Earlier this week, The Lancet launched the first call for papers for its new journal, The Lancet Global Health. This is an incredibly exciting development, and promises to further thinking on a variety of major issues, including findings central to … Continue reading

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Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla’s address, “A message to the lady of Laetoli” was a major highlight of January’s Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC2013), and we are pleased to announce that video of his remarks is now available online. At the time … Continue reading

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The MHTF and the journal PLOS currently have a call for papers open for year two of maternal health collection, with the theme “maternal health is women’s health,” and submissions received by April 1 will have the best chance of being published. … Continue reading

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Every year, Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) holds a conference, Scientific Day, to present findings from humanitarian action and assistance programs around the world, as well as prompt discussion among global health leaders from all over. This year’s conference … Continue reading

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Today, the Maternal Health Task Force is marking International Women’s Day by reflecting on the many different voices, perspectives, and efforts that go in to advancing women’s rights and health. Earlier today, we published the final blog post in the … Continue reading

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Today, Evidence for Action launched MamaYe, a campaign that uses digital and mobile phone technology alongside community involvement in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Along with MamaYe’s innovative use of technology and outreach, it also seeks to … Continue reading

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The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have issued a call for  abstracts for the Third International Conference on Family … Continue reading

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Please take a moment to fill out this survey on the Maternal Health Task Force website.  We’re hoping that the survey will generate some useful insights into who you–our visitors–are, why you visit our website, and how well we are … Continue reading

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