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112 Results for: “group antenatal care”

A Neglected Topic: Emergency Transport and Referral Systems to Improve Access to Maternal Health Care

As we get to the end of the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013, a three-day opportunity to discuss issues and share experiences on improving quality of maternal health care, I would like to highlight one of the topics that was given a space for discussion in this conference: transport and emergency referral. I was really pleased … Continue reading “A Neglected Topic: Emergency Transport and Referral Systems to Improve Access to Maternal Health Care”

Placing Women at the Center: Rethinking the RMNCH Continuum of Care

This post is cross-posted from the FCI Blog and the PMNCH website. Last week’s Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC), held in Arusha, Tanzania, was both inspiring and sobering. Twenty-five years after the Safe Motherhood Initiative was launched at an international conference held in neighboring Kenya, maternal mortality has finally begun to decline, and there are … Continue reading “Placing Women at the Center: Rethinking the RMNCH Continuum of Care”

Frequent Antenatal Visits Lead to Early Treatment of Malaria, Reductions in Malaria Deaths Among Pregnant Women

PLoS ONE recently published a paper, Effect of Early Detection and Treatment on Malaria Related Maternal Mortality on the North-Western Border of Thailand 1986–2010, describing research that showed frequent antenatal clinic screening on the north-western border of Thailand allows for early detection and treatment of falciparum malaria and significantly reduces falciparum malaria deaths among pregnant … Continue reading “Frequent Antenatal Visits Lead to Early Treatment of Malaria, Reductions in Malaria Deaths Among Pregnant Women”

A Second Group of Researchers Trained by ICDDR,B

The following is part of a series of project updates from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). The MHTF is supporting their project, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Translation in Bangladesh. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found here. Written by: ICDDR,B The second group of ICDDR,B researchers successfully completed the … Continue reading “A Second Group of Researchers Trained by ICDDR,B”

WASH for Mothers: Using Clinic Based Care to Bring Safe Water to Mothers

The following post is part of a series of posts exploring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and maternal health. It is written by Anangu Rajasingham from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. To read other posts in the series, click here. Over 900 million people worldwide do not have access … Continue reading “WASH for Mothers: Using Clinic Based Care to Bring Safe Water to Mothers”

Jacaranda Health: Improving Maternal Healthcare in Nairobi

Jacaranda Health is combining business and clinical innovations to create mobile health clinics with a high standard maternity care for women located in the peri-urban areas of Nairobi and I recently visited their office and mobile clinic in Nairobi. Jacaranda’s mobile clinics are impressive feats of collaboration, ingenuity, and commitment to provide a cohesive, quality … Continue reading “Jacaranda Health: Improving Maternal Healthcare in Nairobi”

Providing Nairobi’s Mothers With Top-quality Maternal Care at a Low Cost

The following was originally posted on Jacaranda’s blog. It is reposted here with permission Five weeks ago, Jacaranda Health opened our doors to the low-income mothers of Nairobi. In the peri-urban neighborhood of Kariobangi, our nurses, receptionists, marketing staff and our clinical advisor all pitched in to set up the exam rooms, lab tests and … Continue reading “Providing Nairobi’s Mothers With Top-quality Maternal Care at a Low Cost”

Every 11 Minutes: Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy Are Deadly (and Have Long-Term Consequences for Mothers and Children)

“Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are responsible for over 76,000 maternal deaths globally, killing a woman every 11 minutes,” said Charlotte Warren, Senior Associate at the Population Council, at a recent Wilson Center event about non-communicable diseases in pregnancy, held on World Preeclampsia Day…read more