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Today, Evidence for Action launched MamaYe, a campaign that uses digital and mobile phone technology alongside community involvement in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Along with MamaYe’s innovative use of technology and outreach, it also seeks to … Continue reading
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Tagged: accountability, advocacy, Ethiopia, Evidence for Action, Ghana, Malawi, MamaYe, maternal health, newborn health, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania
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From our colleagues at Catapult: Catapult.org Launches First Crowdfunding Site Focused on Equality for Girls and Women New York, NY, October 11, 2012 – Today, on International Day of the Girl Child, global advocacy organization Women Deliver launched Catapult, the first … Continue reading
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Tagged: Afghanistan, Akilah Institute for Women, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Catapult, child marriage, Clinton Global Initiative, early marriage, family planning, Global Fund for Women, innovation, International Day of the Girl Child, IPPF, Michelle Bachelet, One Heart World-Wide, Sierra Leone, UN Women, UNFPA, Women Deliver
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In the February 2012 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, maternal health is prominently featured with seven (half!) of the articles directly or very closely touching on maternal health. Just a few years ago, this focus on … Continue reading
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Tagged: Access, CEDAW, female genital cutting, female genital mutilation, FGM, fistula, Human Rights, maternal health, mental health, Philippines, population, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, WHO Bulletin
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Last week’s meeting on the partograph use was organized by the Fistula Care Project since its use may reduce obstructed labor, one of the main causes of obstetric fistula. Not only do women who develop fistula suffer terrible physical outcomes, … Continue reading
The financing scheme in Sierra Leone that provides free health care to pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five is one that we’ve covered before on the blog and the MH Buzz. Many of the discussions about the program … Continue reading
Recently, The New York Times featured a piece on free health care in Sierra Leone for mothers and children. Maternal health had another prominent space in The Times last weekend with a discussion of maternal deaths in Uganda, which have … Continue reading
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Tagged: access to health care, health care, maternal death, maternal mortality, New York Times, Sierra Leone, Uganda
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The New York Times described experiences of mothers and health workers since Sierra Leone instituted a scheme to provide free health care to pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under the age of 5. The inability to pay is often … 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: Cash Transfer Series, cash transfers, health systems, India, Sierra Leone, vouchers
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This week on the MHTF blog: Raji Mohanam interviewed a member of the “Be the Change: Save a Life Maternal Health Challenge” winning team UNFPA published The State of the World’s Midwifery Report What answers does China hold for maternal … Continue reading
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Investing in Midwifery to Ensure Respectful Maternity Care at the Aberdeen Women’s Centre
Posted on May 15, 2013 by Sarah Blake
Guest post by Fistula Care. With just 1 midwife for every 1000 live births, Sierra Leone needs a twelve-fold increase in its midwifery workforce to ensure full coverage of maternal and newborn health services. It is tempting to focus exclusively … Continue reading →