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The Lancet has published a new series on health transitions in Pakistan with a focus on four priority issues for Pakistan’s health system: First, the country’s performance and future after the 18th amendment to the Constitution in which the federal … Continue reading
The 66th World Health Assembly convened today, May 20 with addresses and discussions focused on the post-2015 global development agenda. The Assembly runs through May 28, and will feature numerous discussions and consideration of resolutions on issues that are critical … Continue reading
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Tagged: child health, Every Woman Every Child, maternal health, maternal health commodities, MDG4, MDG5, newborn health, PMNCH, reproductive health, UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, WHO, World Health Assembly
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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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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
The latest in the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Knowledge Summary series highlights the potential for integration of immunization services with other reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. This summary, “Integrating Immunizations and Other Services for Women and … Continue reading
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The MHTF and the journal PLOS currently have a call for papers open for year two of maternal health collection, with the theme “maternal health is women’s health,” and submissions received by April 1 will have the best chance of being published. … Continue reading
Last week’s announcement that a baby girl born HIV-positive in Mississippi had been functionally cured of the disease drew the attention of media around the world. However, the implications of this case are still unknown: does it mean that we … Continue reading
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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Guest Post by Susie Connolly, Team Leader for Cambodia, and Marni Sommer, Executive Director of Grow & Know, Inc. The onset of menstruation indicates the passage from girlhood to womanhood in societies around the world. In many low-income countries, the … Continue reading
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The Lancet publishes a special issue to coincide with the upcoming Women Deliver conference
Posted on May 17, 2013 by Kate Mitchell
The Lancet has published a special issue, focused on maternal health, that comes just before the third Women Deliver conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This exciting issue includes several studies and comments that examine the critical factors … Continue reading →