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The UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel (HLP) on the post-2015 development agenda met this week in Bali, Indonesia to discuss priorities specifically related to the role of global partnerships. From The Guardian: Speaking after a meeting of the panel in … Continue reading

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Today, The Lancet published “A Manifesto for Maternal Health post-2015,” which was co-authored by MHTF Director Ana Langer, along with Lancet Editor Richard Horton, and Guerino Chalamilla, the Executive Director of Management and Development for Health. The manifesto, proposed during … Continue reading

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Guest blog post by Sandeep Bathala, Wilson Center This post is cross-posted on the New Security Beat. On day three of the 2013 Global Maternal Health Conference here in Arusha, Tanzania, I was joined by the Global Health Initiative’s partners … Continue reading

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Guest post by Dr. Nosa Orobaton, Chief of Party, Nigeria Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP), JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. There is a sense of timelessness in resplendent Arusha, Tanzania, the venue of the second Global Maternal Health … Continue reading

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In a recent post on the Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog, Johanna Ralston, Chief Executive of the World Heart Federation, and Ann Keeling, Chief Executive of the International Diabetes Federation, argue that post-MDG development goals must include non-communicable diseases in order to … 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

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