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Two new studies reported on by The New York Times , document the role that stigma related to HIV/AIDS plays in dissuading women around the world from using health services during pregnancy and at delivery. One study, ”HIV-related stigma as … Continue reading
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Tagged: health facilities, HIV, maternal health, PMTCT, skilled care, stigma
Posted in: Evidence, News, Resources
This post is part of a blog series on maternal health commodities. To view the entire series, click here. Written by: Jill Sheffield, Founder and President of Women Deliver Recently, a new study by the Guttmacher Institute and the United … Continue reading
In an article titled Women Need More Health in AIDS Battle, Experts Say, the Huffington Post reports on recent conversations at the International AIDS Conference about the need for more focused efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS among women, … Continue reading
Leading up to the19th International AIDS Conference that will take place in Washington D.C. from 22-27 July 2012, UNAIDS released a new report, Together We Will End AIDS, yesterday showing that “as international funding flattens, more countries are increasing their … Continue reading
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Tagged: AIDs, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Together We Will End AIDS, UNAIDS
Posted in: Conferences and Meetings, Evidence, News
The following is final part of a series of project updates from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). The MHTF is supporting their project, Working on Integration Issues of HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health. More information on MHTF supported … Continue reading
Written by Gary Darmstadt and Wendy Prosser, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This post was originally posted on Impatient Optimists. With almost 200 million people living in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, a state … Continue reading
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Tagged: Achieving Lasting Impact at Scale, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, child health, contraceptives, family planning, Gary Darmstadt, HIV, Impatient Optimists, India, Kathghara Village, knowledge management, knowledge sharing, maternal health, Urban Health Initiative, Uttar Pradesh, Wendy Prosser
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This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Written by Elaine Roman, Malaria Team Leader of USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), led by Jhpiego. … Continue reading
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Tagged: ANC, antenatal care, bednets, capacity development, commodities, community engagement, education, finance, Global Fund, HIV, integration, IPTp, ITN, malaria, malaria in pregnancy, Malaria in Pregnancy Blog Series, malaria prevention, Malawi, MCHIP, MiP, monitoring and evaluation, PMI, Policy, quality assurance systems, quality improvement, RBM, reproductive health, Roll Back Malaria, scale up, Senegal, SP, stock-outs, sub-Saharan Africa, US President's Malaria Initiative, USAID, Zambia
Posted in: Commentary, Evidence, News, Policy and Advocacy
This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Written by Dr. Sylla Thiam, Malaria Programme Lead, AMREF Pregnant women living in malaria-endemic regions are particularly vulnerable to … Continue reading
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Tagged: AMREF, anemia, antenatal care, capacity-building, family planning, HIV, insecticide treated nets, integration, intermittent preventive therapy, IPTp, ITN, Kenya, low birth weight, malaria, Malaria in Pregnancy Blog Series, maternal death, maternal health, MiP, nutrition, primary care, reproductive health, South Sudan, Stand Up for African Mothers campaign, sub-Saharan Africa, Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine, Tanzania, Uganda
Posted in: Commentary, Policy and Advocacy
Written by: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF mothers2mothers (m2m) broadly works to enhance the delivery and success of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services. By employing HIV-positive peer educators, m2m seeks to boost the effectiveness … Continue reading
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Tagged: Emily Puckart, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Lesotho, Malawi, MHTF-supported project, mothers2mothers, PMTCT, Swaziland, Zambia
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Creating a Maternal Health Movement
Posted on February 1, 2013 by Kate Mitchell
Guest blog post by Mariam Claeson, France Donnay, and Melanie Walker, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This post is cross-posted on Impatient Optimists. Although it was intended to create space for the maternal health community to get together to discuss … Continue reading →