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To mark the launch of its latest research collection, on May 7, PLOS Medicine is holding the event “Can We Do Better? Measuring Maternal, Newborn and Child Health,” at the National Press Club in Washington, DC from 9:30am-12:30 pm. The … Continue reading
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Tagged: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CHERG, child health, Evidence, maternal health, measurement, PLOS Medicine, UNICEF, USAID
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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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Tagged: adolescent girls, Bangladesh, child marriage, cultural factors, economic development, Every Woman Every Child, family planning, gender, gender based violence, girls not brides, girls' education, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Joyce Banda, Malawi, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, obstetric fistula, PMNCH, reproductive health, South Asia, South Sudan, sub-Saharan Africa, UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN Foundation, UN Women, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, World Vision, YWCA
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Yesterday, the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, part of the Every Woman Every Child initiative, submitted a new plan and set of recommendations to improve access to life-saving health commodities to the United Nations Secretary-General. From Every Woman … Continue reading
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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Mother’s Day 2012 provides a good occasion to celebrate accomplishments in the field over the past year. The Maternal Health Task Force shares ten exciting developments. The State of the World’s Midwives report provided the first comprehensive analysis … Continue reading
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Tagged: Born Too Soon, commodities, Direct Relief International, family planning, Fistula Foundation, Global Fistula Map, Joyce Banda, List of Essential Medicines, Malawi, Melinda Gates, MHTF, MHTF-PLOS Collection, misoprostol, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2012, PLOS, post-partum hemorrhage, Respectful Maternity Care Charter, State of the World's Midwives report, State of the World's Mothers Report, UNFPA, UNICEF, White Ribbon Alliance, WHO, World Health Organization, WRA
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Today is World Malaria Day! The theme for this year’s World Malaria Day is “Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria.” A recent report from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation showed that deaths from malaria are … Continue reading
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Written by Rachel Wilson, the senior director of policy and advocacy at PATH and co-chair of the Maternal Health Supplies Working Group Today could be the beginning of a significant, life-saving shift for maternal health. The United Nations Children’s … Continue reading
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Tagged: Every Woman Every Child, Jens Stoltenberg, magnesium sulfate, maternal health medicines, Maternal Health Supplies Working Group, misoprostol, Nigeria, oxytocin, PATH, President Goodluck Jonathan, Rachel Wilson, supply chain management, UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, UNFPA, UNICEF, World Health Organization
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Written by Gary Darmstadt and Wendy Prosser This post was originally posted on Impatient Optimists and is reposted here with permission. The Ministry of Health in Brazil has taken enormous strides to improve maternal and newborn health and … Continue reading
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Tagged: Brazil, Dr. Zeni Carvalho Lamy, frontline health workers, Gary Darmstadt, Healthy Newborn Network, Impatient Optimists, Kangaroo Care, Kangaroo Care Conference for Latin American and the Caribbean, low birth weight, MCHIP, UNICEF, University Hospital of Federal Maranhão, USAID, Wendy Prosser
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The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is a major health challenge and one that is addressed by an MHTF-supported project at mothers2 mothers. According to AVERT, “Without treatment, around 15-30 percent of babies born to HIV-infected women will … Continue reading
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New Estimates Show Major Reduction in Maternal Mortality, But More Progress Needed
Posted on May 16, 2012 by Kate Mitchell
New global maternal mortality estimates were released today in a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank. The report,“Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010”, shows that the … Continue reading →