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In the comment section of the latest issue of the Lancet, several articles discuss current progress toward improving the health of women and children. The authors of Building a future for women and children offer interesting insight into the … Continue reading
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, The Lancet, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of Queensland School of Population Health invite submission of abstracts for oral or poster … Continue reading
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Tagged: call for abstracts, Global Health Metrics and Evaluation, Lancet
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Just in time for the mHealth Summit, The Lancet published an evaluation of an SMS initiative (gated) to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) at clinics in Kenya. Patients were randomly assigned to groups, one of which would receive text messages from … Continue reading
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Tagged: antiretroviral therapy, evaluation, HIV/AIDS, Kenya, Lancet, mhealth, PMTCT, SMS
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Written by K G Venkateswaran, IntraHealth International A longer version of this blog was originally posted on the IntraHealth International Global Health blog. Sitting here in Delhi at the Global Maternal Health Conference in the India Habitat Center, I feel … Continue reading
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The controversial research reporting unexpected gains in maternal health, published April 12 in the Lancet, has triggered rigorous debate about the measurement tools used to count maternal deaths globally and at a country level. The paper, Maternal mortality for 181 countries, … Continue reading
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The Women Deliver conference is officially underway–and in the first day alone several announcements were made that will likely make a significant impact on the maternal health field. Below you will find links to several highlights from yesterday (6/7), day … Continue reading
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EarthSky: A Clear Voice for Science has posted two podcast interviews with Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington—and principal author of the April 2010 study published in the Lancet that … Continue reading
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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
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This guest blog post was written by the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases staff. According to the new maternal mortality estimates recently published in the Lancet, 342,900 women die annually while pregnant or from childbirth. This is a dramatic … Continue reading
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Posted on February 6, 2013 by Sarah Blake
Guest blog post by Jim Campbell, Director of Instituto de Cooperacion Social Integrare based in Barcelona, Spain. The Global Maternal Health Conference in Arusha, Tanzania had many highlights, including the closing plenary presentation from Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla ( watch the … Continue reading →