Posts Tagged ‘Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative’
Monday, July 11th, 2011 by Christopher Lindahl
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Africa Program, and Environmental Change and Security Program, in coordination with the Maternal Health Task Force, UNFPA, and the African Population Health & Research Center invite you to a live-streamed discussion of:
Maternal Health Challenges in Kenya: What Research Evidence Shows
Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m (Note new start time)
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
A light breakfast will be served
Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation
The discussion will feature a live videoconference from Nairobi with:
Lawrence Ikamari, Director, Population Studies & Research Institute (PSRI)
Dr. Margaret Meme, MD, Former Head of Maternal and Child Health,
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (Kenya)
Geoffrey Mumia Osaaji, Professor, University of Nairobi
Additional panelists include 20+ participants from the in-country workshop
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is traveling to Nairobi to co-host a two-day workshop on July 12-13 with Kenyan policymakers, community health workers, program managers, media, and donors who will discuss Kenya’s maternal health challenges and identify solutions for moving the maternal health agenda forward.
Geoffrey Mumia Osaaji, professor, University of Nairobi, will present new maternal health data and discuss Kenya’s maternal mortality trends. Lawrence Ikamari, Director, PSRI, will share the knowledge and capacity gaps identified by workshop participants and highlight policies and funding priorities required to increase the uptake of antenatal and postnatal care in Kenya. Strategies and recommendations identified during the Nairobi workshop will be provided by Dr. Margaret Meme, former head of maternal and child health, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation.
About the 2011 Maternal Health Policy Series
As one of the few forums dedicated to maternal health, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s 2011 Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health series brings together senior-level policymakers, academic researchers, media, and civil servants from the U.S. government and foreign consuls to identify challenges and discuss strategies for advancing the maternal health agenda.
In order to promote greater voices from the field, the 2011 dialogue is partnering with the African Population Health Research Center in Kenya to co-host a two-part dialogue series with local, regional, and national decision-makers on effective maternal health policies and programs. These in-country dialogue meetings will create a platform for field workers, policymakers, program managers, media, and donors to share research, disseminate lessons learned, and address concerns related to policy, institutional, and organizational capacity building.
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is pleased to present this series with its co-conveners, the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and is grateful to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health for further technical assistance.
Tags: Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, Evidence, Kenya, Maternal Health Policy Series, UNFPA, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 by Christopher Lindahl
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, the United Nations Population Fund, and PATH for a discussion of:
Innovations From Development to Delivery: Working With the Private Sector to Improve Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition
moderated by
Kari Stoever, Senior Advisor, Global Advocacy, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
featuring
Hugh Chang, Director for Special Initiatives, PATH
Laura McLaughlin, Environmental Engineer, Cascade Designs, Inc
Sandhya Rao, Senior Private Sector Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
About the event
“We cannot simply seek to do more of the same…using currently available tools and technologies,” said USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah in his recent Barmes Global Health Lecture at the National Institutes of Health. In order to meet the challenges of improving maternal and child health, new tools and innovations must be developed that complement proven interventions and offer long-term solutions. The private sector’s unique capacity to develop and scale up technologies provides a significant opportunity for collaboration. The panel will discuss their experiences working across development sectors to create and disseminate innovative nutrition and health technologies for women and children and present recommendations for working with the private sector for better results.
Hugh Chang, director of special initiatives at PATH, will present examples from PATH’s 30-year history of partnering with the private sector and address the effectiveness of these collaborations in meeting the needs of mothers and children. Laura McLaughlin, environmental engineer at Cascade Designs, Inc., will present a private-sector-perspective and discuss opportunities for collaboration with NGOs and governments to improve health in resource-poor-settings. Sandhya Rao, senior private sector advisor at USAID will discuss current U.S. government strategies for promoting innovation and technology to improve health and nutrition outcomes.
About the Maternal Health Policy Series
The reproductive and maternal health community finds itself at a critical point, drawing increased attention and funding, but still confronting more than 350,000 deaths each year and a high unmet need for family planning. The Policy Dialogue series seeks to galvanize the community by focusing on important issues within the maternal health community.
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is pleased to present this series with its co-conveners, the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and is grateful to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health for further technical assistance.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast on the Wilson Center’s website. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (”Federal Triangle” stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th floor conference room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Photo identification is required to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
Tags: maternal health policy, Maternal Health Policy Series, PATH, private sector, UNFPA, Woodrow Wilson Center, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010 by KateMitch
This Monday marks the start of the first ever Global Maternal Health Conference. The conference is being held in Delhi, India–and will focus on lessons learned, neglected issues, and innovative approaches to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity.
The organizers of the conference, the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth and the Public Health Foundation of India, are looking forward to a lively online discussion around the happenings of the conference. We have linked up with global health and development professionals around the world to form a team of global bloggers who will share their reactions to the conference sessions–and fuel a robust online dialogue.
Our guest bloggers hail from a number of international health, development, and media institutions including the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Women Deliver, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Centre for Health Policy and Innovation, Earth Sciences University of Cambridge, the Population Council, Gender Across Borders, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, and more.
Stay tuned to the MHTF Blog for up-to-date reactions and analysis of the conference sessions.
For information on the live streaming of the conference, click here.
Join the conversation! Follow the MHTF and EngenderHealth on Twitter: @MHTF and @EngenderHealth.
Tags: Centre for Health Policy and Innovation, Delhi, Earth Sciences University of Cambridge, EngenderHealth, Gender Across Borders, global health, Global Maternal Health Conference 2010, India, innovation, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MHTF Blog, online dialogue, Population Council, Public Health Foundation of India, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Women Deliver, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative
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Monday, July 19th, 2010 by KateMitch
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the sixth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health.
featuring
Mayra Buvinic, Sector Director Gender and Development Group, World Bank
Dr. Nomonde Xundu, Health Attaché Embassy of South Africa in Washington DC
Mary Ellen Stanton, Senior Maternal Health Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development
July 29, 2010
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Investing in women and girls health is smart economics. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) women contribute to a majority of small businesses in the developing world and their unpaid work on the farm and at home account for one-third of the world’s GDP. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) estimates that maternal and newborn deaths cost the world $15 billion in lost productivity.
Mayra Buvinic, sector director of the gender and development group of the World Bank, will address the economic impact of maternal deaths and the role of education and gender equality on economic development. Dr. Nomonde Xundu, health attaché at the Embassy of South Africa in Washington DC will discuss the policy implications of maternal health and share lessons learned in empowering women and girl’s economic status in South Africa. Mary Ellen Stanton, senior maternal health advisor of USAID, will present the foreign policy and economic case for increased donor investment in maternal health.
About the Maternal Health Policy Series
The reproductive and maternal health community finds itself at a critical point, drawing increased attention and funding, but still confronting more than a half million deaths each year and a high unmet need for family planning. The Policy Dialogue series seeks to galvanize the community by focusing on important issues within the maternal health community.
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is pleased to present this series with its co-conveners, the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and is grateful to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health for further technical assistance.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (”Federal Triangle” stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th floor conference room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Photo identification is required to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
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Monday, May 17th, 2010 by KateMitch
Reminder: This event will occur this Thursday, May 20th!
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the fifth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health.
This event will feature:
Víctor Conde Altamirano, Obstetric Nets Manager, CARE Bolivia
John Koku Awoonor-Williams, East Regional Director, Ghana Health Service
Subodh Satyawadi, Chief Operating Officer, GVK Emergency Management & Research Institute of India
Patricia Bailey, Public Health Specialist, Family Health International and Columbia University.
May 20, 2010
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Access to skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care are key solutions to improving maternal morality, yet functioning referral systems and poor road infrastructure delay efficient care. Increased research, funding, knowledge sharing, and coordination between private and public sectors are necessary to make transportation and referral a global health priority.
Today’s discussion will highlight the lessons and knowledge gaps identified at a Wilson Center workshop in Washington DC with 25 experts from the transportation and maternal health communities, as well as representatives from the private sector and donor community.
Víctor Conde Altamirano, obstetric nets manager, CARE-Bolivia will discuss how transportation and referral data is being incorporated into Bolivia’s health system to improve maternal health. John Koku Awoonor-Williams, east regional director, Ghana Health Service, will address the utilization and maintenance of ambulances in rural Ghana. Subodh Satyawadi, chief operating officer, GVK Emergency Management Institute will discuss the lessons learned and challenges faced through India’s “Emergency 108” call system. Strategies and recommendations identified at the Wilson Center workshop in Washington DC will be provided by Patricia Bailey, public health specialist, Family Health International.
About the Maternal Health Policy Series
The reproductive and maternal health community finds itself at a critical point, drawing increased attention and funding, but still confronting more than a half million deaths each year and a high unmet need for family planning. The Policy Dialogue series seeks to galvanize the community by focusing on important issues within the maternal health community.
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is pleased to present this series with its co-conveners, the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and is grateful to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health for further technical assistance. The Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health provided valuable technical assistance to this transportation and referral meeting.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (”Federal Triangle” stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th Floor Flom Auditorium. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions.
Note: Photo identification is required to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
For information on previous and future events in this series, click here.
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by KateMitch
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the fifth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health.
This event will feature:
Víctor Conde Altamirano, Obstetric Nets Manager, CARE Bolivia
John Koku Awoonor-Williams, East Regional Director, Ghana Health Service
Subodh Satyawadi, Chief Operating Officer, GVK Emergency Management & Research Institute of India
Patricia Bailey, Public Health Specialist, Family Health International and Columbia University.
May 20, 2010
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Access to skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care are key solutions to improving maternal morality, yet functioning referral systems and poor road infrastructure delay efficient care. Increased research, funding, knowledge sharing, and coordination between private and public sectors are necessary to make transportation and referral a global health priority.
Today’s discussion will highlight the lessons and knowledge gaps identified at a Wilson Center workshop in Washington DC with 25 experts from the transportation and maternal health communities, as well as representatives from the private sector and donor community.
Víctor Conde Altamirano, obstetric nets manager, CARE-Bolivia will discuss how transportation and referral data is being incorporated into Bolivia’s health system to improve maternal health. John Koku Awoonor-Williams, east regional director, Ghana Health Service, will address the utilization and maintenance of ambulances in rural Ghana. Subodh Satyawadi, chief operating officer, GVK Emergency Management Institute will discuss the lessons learned and challenges faced through India’s “Emergency 108” call system. Strategies and recommendations identified at the Wilson Center workshop in Washington DC will be provided by Patricia Bailey, public health specialist, Family Health International.
About the Maternal Health Policy Series
The reproductive and maternal health community finds itself at a critical point, drawing increased attention and funding, but still confronting more than a half million deaths each year and a high unmet need for family planning. The Policy Dialogue series seeks to galvanize the community by focusing on important issues within the maternal health community.
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is pleased to present this series with its co-conveners, the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and is grateful to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health for further technical assistance. The Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health provided valuable technical assistance to this transportation and referral meeting.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (”Federal Triangle” stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th Floor Flom Auditorium. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions.
Note: Photo identification is required to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
For information on previous and future events in this series, click here.
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Monday, April 5th, 2010 by KateMitch
Please join the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative and Environmental Change and Security Program, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the fourth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health.
Family Planning in Fragile States: Overcoming Cultural and Financial Barriers
The event will feature:
Nabila Zar Malick, Director, Rahnuma Family Planning Association of Pakistan
Karima Tunau, OB/GYN, Usmanu Danpodiyo Hospital
Grace Kodindo, Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia University
Sandra Krause, Reproductive Health Program Director, Women’s Refugee Commission
April 29, 2010
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Countries threatened by conflict rank lowest on maternal and newborn health indicators and have fewer resources for reproductive health services such as family planning and emergency obstetric care. Improving access to sexual and reproductive health services in fragile states may challenge cultural beliefs and gender relations within a country. Program managers, policymakers, and donors can mitigate these tensions through culturally sensitive approaches and increased female participation during peacebuilding efforts.
Nabila Zar Malick, director, Rahnuma Family Planning Association of Pakistan, Karima Tunau, OB/GYN, Usmanu Danpodiyo Hospital in Nigeria, and Grace Kodindo, Chadian OB/GYN and assistant professor of population and family health, at Columbia University will discuss their experiences implementing family planning services in Pakistan, Nigeria, and Chad and address the cultural and financial barriers they overcame to increase investments for maternal and reproductive health in their countries. Sandra Krause, reproductive health program director, Women’s Refugee Commission, will offer recommendations on how policymakers can improve access to reproductive health services for women in fragile settings.
About the Maternal Health Policy Series
The reproductive and maternal health community finds itself at a critical point, drawing increased attention and funding, but still confronting more than a half million deaths each year and a high unmet need for family planning. The Policy Dialogue series seeks to galvanize the community by focusing on important–and in some cases controversial–issue within the maternal health community.
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is pleased to present this series with its co-conveners, the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and is grateful to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health for further technical assistance.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (”Federal Triangle” stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th Floor Flom Auditorium. A map to the Center is available here.
Note: Photo identification is required to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
For information on previous and future events in this series, click here.
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Monday, March 8th, 2010 by KateMitch
WATCH THE LIVE WEBCAST TODAY AT THIS LINK.
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at EngenderHealth, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have announced the third event, Maternal and Newborn Health as a Priority for Strengthening Health Systems, in their series, Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health.
The event will be held on March 8th, 2010 from 3-5pm at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.
About the Event
Increasing investments for strengthening health systems requires improved donor coordination and additional research to help guide decisions about where investments will have the greatest return. The inclusion of key maternal health indicators such as access to emergency obstetric care is an important strategy to improving health systems and encourages the implementation of priority evidence-based interventions.
Presenters
Julio Frenk, Dean of the Harvard University School of Public Health; Helen de Pinho, Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health at Columbia University; and Agnes Soucat, Senior Health Economist & Lead Advisor for Health, Nutrition and Population with the World Bank, will be presenting.
For the original post on this event with more information, click here.
Tags: Agnes Soucat, EngenderHealth, health systems strengthening, Helen de Pinho, Julio Frenk, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, UNFPA, webcast, Woodrow Wilson Center, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010 by KateMitch
Maternal and Newborn Health as a Priority for Strengthening Health Systems
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the third event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health.
The event will feature presentations and discussion with Julio Frenk, Dean of the Harvard University School of Public Health; Helen de Pinho, Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health at Columbia University; and Agnes Soucat, Senior Health Economist & Lead Advisor for Health, Nutrition and Population with the World Bank.
March 8, 2010
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Interested but can’t attend?
Tune into the live or archived webcast here. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time.
About this event
Increasing investments for strengthening health systems requires improved donor coordination and additional research to help guide decisions about where investments will have the greatest return. The inclusion of key maternal health indicators such as access to emergency obstetric care is an important strategy to improving health systems and encourages the implementation of priority evidence-based interventions.
About the Maternal Health Policy Series
The reproductive and maternal health community finds itself at a critical point, drawing increased attention and funding, but still confronting more than a half million deaths each year and a high unmet need for family planning. The Policy Dialogue series seeks to galvanize the community by focusing on important–and in some cases controversial–issues within the maternal health community.
Click here to download the PDF announcement with more details about the event and the speakers.
Click here to view archived webcasts of the previous two events in this series.
Tags: Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, Agnes Soucat, Columbia University, Harvard University School of Public Health, Helen de Pinho, Julio Frenk, Maternal Health Task Force, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, webcast, Woodrow Wilson Center, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative, World Bank
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Global Bloggers Gear Up for the First Day of the Global Maternal Health Conference in Delhi!
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 by KateMitchThis Monday marks the start of the first ever Global Maternal Health Conference. The conference is being held in Delhi, India–and will focus on lessons learned, neglected issues, and innovative approaches to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity.
The organizers of the conference, the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth and the Public Health Foundation of India, are looking forward to a lively online discussion around the happenings of the conference. We have linked up with global health and development professionals around the world to form a team of global bloggers who will share their reactions to the conference sessions–and fuel a robust online dialogue.
Our guest bloggers hail from a number of international health, development, and media institutions including the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Women Deliver, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Centre for Health Policy and Innovation, Earth Sciences University of Cambridge, the Population Council, Gender Across Borders, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, and more.
Stay tuned to the MHTF Blog for up-to-date reactions and analysis of the conference sessions.
For information on the live streaming of the conference, click here.
Join the conversation! Follow the MHTF and EngenderHealth on Twitter: @MHTF and @EngenderHealth.
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Tags: Centre for Health Policy and Innovation, Delhi, Earth Sciences University of Cambridge, EngenderHealth, Gender Across Borders, global health, Global Maternal Health Conference 2010, India, innovation, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MHTF Blog, online dialogue, Population Council, Public Health Foundation of India, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Women Deliver, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative
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