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Medical guidelines to prevent post-partum hemorrhage are well-established, yet it remains the primary cause of maternal mortality worldwide, particularly in developing countries. Why? Doctors and health care providers were “making the same mistakes over and over again,” says Dr. Raqibat … Continue reading
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Tagged: courses, maternal health, maternal mortality, postpartum haemorrhage, postpartum hemorrhage, quality of care
Posted in: Evidence, New Ideas and Innovations, News, Policy and Advocacy, Projects and Programs
This post is part of a blog series on maternal health, HIV, and AIDS. To view the entire series, click here. Today marked the first day of Maternal health, HIV, and AIDS: Examining research through a programmatic lens, a technical meeting … Continue reading
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Tagged: ART, barriers, CDC, gender inequality, HIV, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, Maternal Health HIV and AIDS Blog Series, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, maternal nutrition, nutrition, stigma, sub-Saharan Africa, USAID
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Despite encouraging progress, coverage of malaria control efforts among pregnant women remains low. Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) continues to be a substantial contributor to maternal and infant mortality and morbidity in malaria-endemic regions. The interventions that comprise the World Health Organization’s (WHO) … Continue reading
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Tagged: antenatal care, effective case management, guidelines, HIV/AIDS, infant health, infant mortality, insecticide treated nets, insecticide-treated bed nets, integration, IPTp, long lasting insecticide-treated bed nets, malaria, malaria in pregnancy, Malaria in Pregnancy Blog Series, Malaria in Pregnancy Working Group, malaria morbidity, malaria mortality, malaria prevention, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MiP, newborn health, reproductive health, Roll Back Malaria, Samantha Lattof, Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine, WHO, WHO Guidelines
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We are pleased to announce that the next event in the Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center, UNFPA and the MHTF will be held April 18 from noon to 2pm at the Wilson Center … Continue reading
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Tagged: Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series, maternal health, Maternal Health Dialogue Series, maternal mortality, newborn health, UNFPA, violence, Wilson Center, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars
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A blog post published over the weekend in The Guardian describes one effort to use mobile technologies, specifically handheld GPS-enabled devices, to collect evidence on the distribution of health facilities. The project combines geographic data, interviews as part of an … Continue reading
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Tagged: GPS, health systems, health workers, maternal health, maternal mortality, mhealth, midwives, Nigeria
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The first issue of the Global Health: Science and Practice, a new open access journal that focuses on publishing evidence that supports the improvement of health programs around the world is being launched this month. The journal is a project … Continue reading
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Tagged: Evidence, George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services, Global Health: Science and Practice, health systems, India, K4Health, maternal death reviews, maternal health, maternal mortality, newborn health, three delays model, USAID, Uttar Pradesh
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In “Roots of Iraq’s maternal and child health crisis run deep” published today in The Lancet as part of a special edition on health in Iraq ten years after the U.S. invasion, Paul C. Webster synthesizes evidence on the lasting … Continue reading
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Tagged: child health, conflict settings, displacement, family planning, health systems, health workers, Iraq, maternal health, maternal mortality
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Last Thursday, a special session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was held to draw attention to the issue of child marriage, and the experiences of the 39,000 girls who are married before the age of … Continue reading
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Tagged: adolescent girls, Bangladesh, child marriage, cultural factors, economic development, Every Woman Every Child, family planning, gender, gender based violence, girls not brides, girls' education, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Joyce Banda, Malawi, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, obstetric fistula, PMNCH, reproductive health, South Asia, South Sudan, sub-Saharan Africa, UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN Foundation, UN Women, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, World Vision, YWCA
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The second cohort of MHTF’s Young Champions of Maternal Health arrived at the project sites a few weeks ago, and since then, they have been busy, not only getting settled - and getting to work – in their new positions, … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ethiopia, gender based violence, Human Rights, India, maternal health, maternal mortality, reproductive health, Young Champions of Maternal Health
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Maternal health, HIV, and AIDS: Examining research through a programmatic lens
Posted on June 3, 2013 by Samantha Lattof
This post is the first in a blog series on maternal health, HIV, and AIDS. To view the entire series, click here. Women and girls are increasingly and disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and now comprise over half of those … Continue reading →