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The Wilson Center Comparative Urban Studies Project is hosting an discussion on May 14 to mark the launch of Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World, the latest edition of the Population Council’s Girls Count … Continue reading
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Tagged: adolescent girls, Coalition for Adolescent Girls, economic development, education, migration, Nike Foundation, Population Council, reproductive health, UN Foundation, urbanization, Wilson Center
Posted in: Announcements, Conferences and Meetings, Evidence, News
Guest Post by Charlotte Warren, Associate at the Population Council The Heshima Project in Kenya is currently undertaking a three-pronged approach to addressing disrespect and abuse during facility based childbirth – at policy, facility and community levels. Baseline findings from the Heshima project … Continue reading
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Tagged: community-based interventions, discrimination, health facilities, health systems, Human Rights, Kenya, maternal health, policty, Population Council, providers, respectful care, respectful maternity care blog series, skilled care
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In honor of International Day of the Girl Child, Ann K. Blanc, Vice President and Director of Poverty, Gender and Youth at the Population Council and Senior Advisor to the Maternal Health Task Force, shared a blog post on the Huffington … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ann Blanc, Ann K. Blanc, Huffington Post, International Day of the Girl Child, Population Council, UNFPA
Posted in: Announcements, Commentary, Policy and Advocacy
According to a recent post on the RH Vouchers Blog, a new study in Health Policy and Planning , Community-level impact of the reproductive health vouchers programme on service utilization in Kenya, suggests that a recent voucher program was associated with … Continue reading
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Tagged: antenatal care, Health Policy and Planning, institutional deliveries, Kenya, Population Council, postnatal care, reproductive health, RH Vouchers, skilled birth attendance, vouchers, World Bank
Posted in: Evidence, News, Resources
Over the first three weeks of January, several Harvard School of Public Health graduate students took part in the Field Experience in Maternal Health winter session, organized by the Women and Health Initiative and the Maternal Health Task Force. In … Continue reading
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Tagged: Bangladesh, Dhaka, field work, Hannah Ratcliffe, Harvard School of Public Health, HSPH Winter Session, Laila Rahman, P4P, pay for performance, Population Council, quality of care
Posted in: Commentary, Opportunities
In a recent blog post, Ana Langer, Director of the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at the Women and Health Initiative (W&HI) at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), explained that the MHTF partners have been “virtually unanimous in calling … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ana Langer, Annie Kearns, Aparna Chandrasekhar, Center for Development and Population Activities, Dada Adedayo, Elena Chopyak, field experience, Hannah Ratcliffe, Harvard School of Public Health, HSPH Winter Session, Ibraheem Abioye, International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization, IntraHealth International, Jacaranda Health, Maura Fulton, Medic Mobile, Megan Loucks, Olalekan Akanbi, opportunity, Population Council, Women and Health Initiative
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The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia (CIESAS). MHTF is supporting their project, Evaluation of ALSO Program. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found here. … Continue reading
This post is part of a series of posts on cash transfers and maternal health. To read other posts in the series, click here. If CCTs are a part of your work or research, we’d love to hear from you. … Continue reading
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Tagged: Bihar, Cash Transfer Series, cash transfers, India, Janani Suraksha Yojana, M.E. Khan, Population Council, skilled birth attendance, Uttar Pradesh
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This post is part of a series of posts on cash transfers and maternal health. To read other posts in the series, click here. If CCTs are a part of your work or research, we’d love to hear from you. … Continue reading
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Tagged: Cash Transfer Series, cash transfers, India, institutional delivery, Janani Suraksha Yojana, KG Santhya, Population Council, quality of care
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Girls’ health and education: Igniting change worldwide
Posted on June 14, 2013 by Kate Mitchell
Written by: Alison Chatfield, Project Manager, Women and Health Initiative Complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for adolescents in much of the developing world, leading us to ask the question: What role can the media, … Continue reading →