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A new slideshow of photographs by photographer Nikhol Esteras Roberts and the Global Pediatric Alliance (GPA) follows traditional midwives in Chiapas, Mexico, highlights efforts to connect indigenous women with skilled care at delivery are seriously hampered by the shortage of … Continue reading
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Tagged: maternal health, maternal mortality, Mexico, midwives, traditional birth attendants
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PLOS ONE recently published an article, Piecing Together the Maternal Death Puzzle through Narratives: The Three Delays Model Revisited, that explores various socio-cultural and facility-based factors that played a significant role in maternal deaths in the Lilongwe district of Malawi between January … Continue reading
This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Written by Kate Teela, Erin Shutes, France Donnay, and David Brandling-Bennett of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation By … Continue reading
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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
Last week, we posted about a discussion at the British Medical Journal on traditional birth attendants and their role in promoting maternal health. Our poll results suggest that our readers think that TBAs do have a role to play in … Continue reading
The British Medical Journal published two articles this week in their Head to Head feature focusing on the use of traditional birth attendants (TBAs). The use of TBAs has led to contentious debates in recent years. Joseph Ana, a … Continue reading
Earlier today, EngenderHealth hosted a group from the Hamlin Fistula Hospital to discuss their work in Ethiopia, including co-founder Dr. Catherine Hamlin and CEO Mark Bennett. Both are currently in the US to promote the newly created Hamlin Fistula USA … Continue reading
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Tagged: Ethiopia, fistula, fistula repair, fistula surgery, Hamlin Fistula Hospital, obstetric fistula, surgery, traditional birth attendants
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Last week, Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika lifted a ban on traditional birth attendants (TBAs) that had been in place since 2007, saying: We need to train traditional birth attendants in safer delivery methods. We should not completely stop them … Continue reading
By Sara Stratton, IntraHealth International This post was originally published on IntraHealth’s Global Health Blog. To the business world, it’s location, location, location. Here in Delhi, though, at the Global Maternal Health Conference, the mantra is context, context, context. There … Continue reading
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Discussions at GMHC2013 about home births and traditional birth attendants
Posted on January 28, 2013 by Kate Mitchell
Guest blog post by Girija Sankar, director of Haiti programs, senior program manager, Global Health Action Over 2000 abstracts were submitted to the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013. Eventually, around 800 delegates from all around the world presented papers and posters … Continue reading →