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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
The Maternal Health Task Force, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Global Health Initiative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and PATH are delighted to invite you to an upcoming dialogue! The dialogue, Strategic Steps for Global Action on Maternal Health … Continue reading
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Tagged: Family Care International, maternal health commodities, Maternal Health Commodities Blog Series, maternal health supplies, medicines, PATH, UNFPA, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, USAID, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Guest post written by: Amy Boldosser, Director, Global Advocacy Program, Family Care International Family Care International was proud to partner with Merck for Mothers and Women Deliver to host a stimulating and provocative discussion on The Role of Private Providers … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ann Starrs, Diane Brady, Family Care International, FCI, Flavia Bustreo, India, Karl Hofmann, MDG5, Merck for Mothers, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, PSI, reproductive health, Sweta Mangal, United Nations General Assembly, WHO, Women Deliver, Ziqitza Health Care Limited
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Tagged: Ann Starrs, Beverly Winikoff, Catherine Taylor, commodities, Family Care International, FCI, Gynuity Health Projects, Joao Paulo Souza, misoprostol, Ndola Prata, PATH, postpartum hemorrhage, PPH, UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, Venture Strategies Innovations, VSI, webinar, WHO Guidelines
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Guest post contributed by our colleagues at the Countdown to 2015 initiative Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6 million in … Continue reading
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Written by Shafia Rashid, Family Care International There is ample evidence illustrating that the health of a woman and her newborn baby are intimately connected. We know that: most maternal and newborn deaths are caused by the … Continue reading
From our colleagues at Family Care International: Please join Family Care International and our partners at a side event to this week’s meetings of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. 1,000 Days: Improving the Nutrition of Rural Women … Continue reading
Written by: Ann Starrs, President, Family Care International The following originally appeared on the Family Care International blog. It is reposted here with permission. Every five minutes, somewhere in the developing world, a woman who has just given … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ann Starrs, Family Care International, FCI, misoprostol, postpartum hemorrhage, PPH
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Written by: Shafia Rashid, Senior Program Officer, Global Advocacy, FCI The following was originally published on the FCI blog. It is reposted here with permission Last week, the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential … Continue reading
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Tagged: Essential Medicines List, Family Care International, FCI, misoprostol, WHO
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What about an ounce of cure…? Treating postpartum hemorrhage with misoprostol in low-resource settings
Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sarah Blake
Guest post by Beverly Winikoff President of Gynuity Health Projects and Ann Starrs,President of Family Care International cross-posted from The FCI Blog. While support for the use of misoprostol to prevent postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) has been growing steadily, governments, donors, and implementing agencies have not … Continue reading →