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There is ample evidence illustrating that the health of a woman and her newborn baby are intimately connected. We know that: most maternal and newborn deaths are caused by the mother’s poor health before or during pregnancy or due to inadequate care in the critical hours, days, and weeks after birth when a woman dies … Continue reading “A Closer Look at the Interconnections: Healthy Mother, Healthy Newborn”
After the meeting in Nairobi in July on maternal health challenges in Kenya, I was looking forward to hearing more productive, and sometimes provocative, discussions during the most recent Nairobi policy dialogue on Improving Health Systems through a Maternal Health Framework. During this two day event on October 17-18, 2011 organized by the Woodrow Wilson … Continue reading “Improving Health Systems through a Maternal Health Framework: Meeting Overview”
This week on the MHTF blog: What to do after 2015? Antenatal and postnatal care as a way to address family planning? New estimates of neonatal mortality An update on knowledge translation from ICDDR,B Some reading for the weekend Being born an African baby Biometric identifiers and poverty reduction in India Using family planning to … Continue reading “Weekend Reading”
Yesterday afternoon, a group of maternal health practitioners met at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. Dr. Jeffrey M. Smith of MCHIP gave a presentation on a report he co-authored called “Prevention and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage and Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia” (PDF) as part of the USAID Maternal Health Technical Series. The paper reports on various … Continue reading “USAID Technical Series: Prevention and Management of PPH and PE/E”
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. Contact us at clindahl@engenderhealth.org if you are interested in writing a guest post on the … Continue reading “Do Homeless Women in Urban India Have Access to Cash Transfers?”
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. Contact us at clindahl@engenderhealth.org if you are interested in writing a guest post on the … Continue reading “How is Janani Suraksha Yojana Performing in Uttar Pradesh?”
This blog post was contributed by Peris Wakesho, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. This is her final post about her experience as a Young Champion, and you can learn more about her, the other Young Champions, and the program here. … Continue reading “Just in Nine Months”
This blog post was contributed by Sara Al-Lamki, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about her experience every month, and you can learn more about her, the other Young Champions, and the program here. January has been … Continue reading “Try and Fail, but Don’t Fail to Try”
This blog post was contributed by Faatimaa Ahmadi, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about her experience every month, and you can learn more about her, the other Young Champions, and the program here. One year passed. … Continue reading “Challenges in Bridging the Idea and Practice”
This blog post was contributed by Carolina Damásio, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about her experience every month, and you can learn more about her, the other Young Champions, and the program here. Scroll down for … Continue reading “L’Art D’Être Mère en Afrique”
