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The Maternal Health Task Force serves as a global platform to bring together the efforts of organizations working to improve the health of women around the world. On International Women’s Day, it is an honor for us to showcase the … Continue reading
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Tagged: access to care, International Women's Day, leadership, New Ideas and Innovations, partners, quality of care, Twitter
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Access to health care, particularly maternal care, is not limited to the developing world, nor always the result of an inability to pay. Racism, poverty, and other forms of discrimination deny mothers access to care in the United States and … Continue reading
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Tagged: access to care, access to health care, Balkans, discrimination, racism, Roma, Romani
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Written by: Nick Sowden, Sales and Marketing Manager, Jacaranda Health The following post originally appeared on Jacaranda’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. At Jacaranda Health, we often say that we’re not great marketers, but our customers … Continue reading
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Tagged: access to care, Jacaranda Health, Kenya, marketing, MHTF-supported project, Nairobi, urban
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Increasing access to modern contraceptive methods is a priority in many countries. However, how best to reach women and provide family planning is not always clear. A new report from MEASURE Evaluation suggests that maternal health services, particularly antenatal care … Continue reading
Written by: Boniface Sebikali, Senior Clinical Training Advisor, IntraHealth Originally posted on IntraHeath’s blog. Reposted here with permission Last month, the World Health Organization published “Family planning in sub-Saharan Africa: progress or stagnation?” which compared current data to … Continue reading
In the state of Tamil Nadu in India, maternal and neonatal mortality rates have been declining according to the World Bank. One of the reasons might be due to a component of new health care reforms focusing on educating women … Continue reading
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Tagged: access to care, Healthy Pregnancy, India, maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, nutrition, Tamil Nadu, World Bank
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Pakistan: Midwives Gain Recognition But Concerns Remain Inter Press Service News Agency Three years ago, Kanwal Gul participated in a one-week training in community midwifery as part of a UNICEF pilot project—and now she runs a birthing center in her … Continue reading
Amnesty International Releases Report on Maternal Mortality in Burkina Faso Amnesty International As part of their Demand Dignity campaign, Amnesty International has been researching the state of maternal health in Burkina Faso for over two years. Earlier today, the organization … Continue reading
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International Nurses Day: Reflection on Nursing, Maternity Care, and Cultural Sensitivity
Posted on May 12, 2010 by Kate Mitchell
In honor of International Nurses Day, Emily George contributed a guest post to the MHTF. Emily is a registered nurse at Boston Medical Center. She also holds an MPH in International Health. The MHTF invites you to read her reflections … Continue reading →