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Over the past couple of weeks, our team has identified several exciting opportunities to work on projects relating to maternal health and/or global health knowledge management around the world—including posts in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, USA, and Zambia. In this post, we share ten opportunities … Continue reading
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Tagged: advocacy, Center for Reproductive Rights, Ethiopia, Harvard School of Public Health, IHME, India, Institute of International Education, Jacaranda Health, JHUCCP, John Snow Inc, K4Health, Kenya, knowledge management, Maternal Health Task Force, Nigeria, nutrition, PATH, USA, USAID, Zambia
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Guest post contributed by our colleagues at the Countdown to 2015 initiative Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6 million in … Continue reading
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Tagged: Africa, Aga Khan University, Ban Ki Moon, Bangladesh, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Botswana, Burundi, child health, Countdown to 2015, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Every Woman Every Child, Family Care International, family planning, Ghana, Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, Harvard University, Hillary Clinton, Johns Hopkins University, Lao, LBW, Liberia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Madagascar, Malawi, maternal health, maternal stature, MDG4, MDG5, Nepal, Nigeria, nutrition, PMNCH, preterm birth, Rwanda, Save the Children, South Asia, Tanzania, UNFPA, UNICEF, University of Pelotas, Vietnam, World Health Organization, Zulfiqar Bhutta
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Save the Children‘s thirteenth State of the World’s Mothers report was released yesterday–providing a ranking of the “best” and “worst” places to be a mother, based on various indicators such as lifetime risk of maternal death, number of years of … Continue reading
From our colleagues at Family Care International: Please join Family Care International and our partners at a side event to this week’s meetings of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. 1,000 Days: Improving the Nutrition of Rural Women … Continue reading
A recent study (PDF) by Alfredo Burlando of the University of Oregon on income shocks, maternal nutrition and infant health was highlighted on the World Bank’s Development Impact blog, an excellent resource for people interested in impact evaluation in economic … Continue reading
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Tagged: infant health, maternal health, natural experiments, nutrition, Tanzania, World Bank, Zanzibar
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Recently on the MHTF blog Raji Mohanam wrote about three days at the Non Profit Technology Conference (1, 2, 3) We announced a Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice with PAI Emily Puckart recapped the Maternal Health Policy Dialogue Christopher … Continue reading
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Tagged: Bangladesh, maternal health supplies, New York City, NTEN Annual Conference, nutrition, unsafe abortion, unsafe abortions
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Written by: Emily Puckart, Senior Program Assistant, MHTF Presenters at the recent Woodrow Wilson International Center Policy Dialogue highlighted a number of viewpoints and experiences in the nonprofit and private sector working to address a variety of health challenges. … Continue reading
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Tagged: nutrition, partnerships, PATH, private sector, undernutrition, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Written by: Kate Mitchell, Clinton Fellow Seraikela Chhau is a traditional form of dance that originates in the Seraikela block of Jharkhand, part of the eastern steel belt of India. I am currently working as a Clinton Fellow … Continue reading
PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL Senior Advisor – Maternal & Child Health/Nutrition Reports to VP, Food, Livelihood & Security Location: Washington, DC About Project Concern International: Founded in 1961, PCI is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting community health … Continue reading
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Tagged: job, job description, job opportunity, maternal and child health, nutrition, Project Concern International
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AMREF Calls for Greater Integration of Malaria into Maternal Health at Primary Health Care Level
Posted on June 8, 2012 by Kate Mitchell
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 →