Project Update from MaiMwana
Supported by the Maternal Health Task Force, MaiMwana piloted a project to strengthen the current Maternal Death Review system in Malawi through a village-level program of maternal death audits. The project used community Maternal Death Review (MDR) teams based in health facilities in the Mchinji district to collect information regarding maternal deaths. The MDR teams … Continue reading “Project Update from MaiMwana”
Weekend Reading
This week on the MHTF blog: Melinda Gates answers questions as she travels in Bangladesh Ana Langer welcomed the MHTF to Harvard on GlobalMama A focus on promoting Respectful Maternity Care is emerging Emily Puckart on MaiMwana and community death reviews Some reading for the weekend: WHO, budget shortfalls, and organizational restructuring Progress on PMTCT … Continue reading “Weekend Reading”
MHTF Partner Highlights
As part of International Women’s Day, the MHTF would like to honor the amazing work our partners are doing around the world. 20 partners and organizations have submitted brief statements about what they are doing to improve maternal health. Click here to read them all or select an organization from the list below. AMDD … Continue reading “MHTF Partner Highlights”
Weekend Reading
Recently on the MHTF blog, we’ve heard updates from: Young Champions Sara Al-Lamki, Zubaida Bai, Seth Cochran, and Yeabsira Mehari Future Generations’ Using Pregnancy Histories to Help Mothers ICDDR,B on Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Translation Women Deliver’s Mapping Project MaiMwana’s Maternal Death Review Plus, some links for the weekend: Obstetric fistula on the rise in … Continue reading “Weekend Reading”
Community Based MDR in Malawi
The following is part of a series of project updates from MaiMwana. MHTF is supporting their project, Community Based Maternal Death Review. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found here. Written by: MaiMwana The community focused maternal death review (MDR) programme started in May 2010 in Mchinji, Malawi. Some of our preliminary activities … Continue reading “Community Based MDR in Malawi”
The Maternal Health Task Announces New Grants, Innovative Maternal Health Projects to Inform National Policies
NEW YORK, July 22—The Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth announced today that it has awarded eight new grants supporting innovative maternal health projects across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The projects, which will be carried out by local organizations in developing countries, will lead to national policy recommendations for improving maternal health. Each project … Continue reading “The Maternal Health Task Announces New Grants, Innovative Maternal Health Projects to Inform National Policies”