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PLOS ONE recently published an article, Piecing Together the Maternal Death Puzzle through Narratives: The Three Delays Model Revisited, that explores various socio-cultural and facility-based factors that played a significant role in maternal deaths in the Lilongwe district of Malawi between January … Continue reading
This post is part of a blog series on maternal health commodities. To view the entire series, click here. Written by: Safia Ahsan, Senior Health Systems Advisor, Ipas As the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, there … Continue reading
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Tagged: Aga Khan University, commodities, contraception, eclampsia, guidelines, incomplete abortion, Ipas, magnesium sulfate, maternal death, maternal health, Maternal Health Commodities Blog Series, maternal helath commodities, MDG5, mifepristone, Millennium Development Goals, miscarriage, misoprostol, oxytocin, PMNCH, postpartum hemorrhage, PPH, pregnancy, reproductive health, safe abortion, Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems, Safia Ahsan, sexually transmitted infections, WHO, WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
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Our colleagues at JSI recently published a document that describes recent changes and improvements in maternal and infant health care across several countries in the former soviet union. The document, Transforming Health Care for Mothers and Babies in the Former … Continue reading
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Tagged: asphyxia, Central Asian Republics, former Soviet Union, Georgia, hypothermia, JSI, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, maternal death, maternal health, maternal morbidity, neonatal mortality, newborn health, postpartum hemorrhage, Russia, Tajikistan, Transforming Health Care for Mothers and Babies in the Former Soviet Union, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USAID, Uzbekistan
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This post is part of a blog series on maternal health commodities. To view the entire series, click here. Written by: Kelley Boldt Kelley Boldt is a young professional supporting PATH’s advocacy efforts to expand access for maternal health medicines … Continue reading
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Tagged: Africa, Ghana, Kelley Boldt, Kintampo Municipal Hospital, maternal death, Maternal Health Commodities Blog Series, maternal mortality, PATH, United Nations Commission on Lifesaving Commodities for Women and Children, United Nations Every Woman Every Child Initiative, young professionals
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This post is part of a blog series on maternal health commodities. To view the entire series, click here. Written by: the Fistula Care team at EngenderHealth. The UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities is working to improve access to essential but … Continue reading
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Tagged: commodities, consumables, EngenderHealth, fistula, Fistula Care, magnesium sulfate, maternal death, maternal health commodities, Maternal Health Commodities Blog Series, medicines, misoprostol, oxytocin, UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children: Country Case Studies, USAID
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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 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
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Recently, The New York Times featured a piece on free health care in Sierra Leone for mothers and children. Maternal health had another prominent space in The Times last weekend with a discussion of maternal deaths in Uganda, which have … Continue reading
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Tagged: access to health care, health care, maternal death, maternal mortality, New York Times, Sierra Leone, Uganda
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The MHTF is proud to launch, with Population Action International, the Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice. Written by: Jess Bernstein, Project Manager, RH Supplies, Population Action International Why a Community of Practice for Maternal Health Supplies? Because … Continue reading
Recently on the MHTF blog: Wendy J. Graham spoke about maternal mortality estimation EngenderHealth Medical Director Roy Jacobstein wrote about contraceptive implants in the UK Anrudh K. Jain reacted to a maternal death in India Some reading for the weekend: … Continue reading
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New Research Challenges Excess Mortality Risk of Adolescent Mothers
Posted on September 7, 2012 by Kate Mitchell
Written by: Ana Langer, Director of the Maternal Health Task Force Over the course of the Safe Motherhood movement, the common wisdom has been that adolescent women have a highly elevated risk of maternal death —roughly two times higher —compared … Continue reading →