Adapting the Safe Childbirth Checklist to Reduce Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths in India
In August 2017, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health hosted a seminar featuring Beena Varghese, Senior Health Economist at the Public Health Foundation of India, who presented findings from a study she led in Rajasthan, India to examine the impact of an adapted version of the World Health Organization Safe Childbirth Checklist on rates of stillbirth and very early neonatal deaths...read more
Categories: Maternal Health Quality of Maternal Health Care
Topics: Education Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Facility-based Births Financing Health Systems Human Resources for Health Intrapartum Care Monitoring & Evaluation Newborn Health Quality of Care Stillbirth Technology & Innovation
On World Sepsis Day, Let’s Focus on Mothers and Newborns
13 September is World Sepsis Day, an opportunity for the global health community to recognize the burden of this morbidity and build momentum for prompt action. Sepsis, which is a result of the body’s response to infection, is responsible for roughly 11% of maternal deaths and 8% of newborn deaths worldwide...read more
Categories: Maternal Health
Topics: Maternal Mortality Newborn Health Policy & Advocacy SDG Sepsis
Alarming Shortage of Health Personnel in Conflict-Affected Nigeria
The United Nations Population Fund estimates that 1.7 million women affected by the conflict in Nigeria are of reproductive age, and some 276,000 of these women are likely to become pregnant this year. The violence has left more than 40% of health facilities either destroyed or badly damaged, and many doctors and nurses were forced to flee, creating a crisis for women who need maternal health care...read more
Categories: Cross-post The Global Maternal Health Workforce
Topics: Barriers to Health Care Access Crises & Conflict Settings Education Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Gender-based Violence Health Systems Human Resources for Health Maternal Mortality Reproductive Health
Wilson Center Event | Reaching the Farthest Behind: Facility-Level Innovations in Maternal Health
We are excited to announce the upcoming dialogue, “Reaching the Farthest Behind: Facility-Level Innovations in Maternal Health.” The event will take place at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. (and online!) on Thursday, 14 September 2017 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm EDT. This dialogue is part of the Maternal Health Task Force’s Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health Series, in partnership with UNFPA and the Wilson Center...read more
Categories: Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health Series
Topics: Antenatal Care Barriers to Health Care Access Facility-based Births Health Systems Inequities & Inequalities Maternal Mortality Postnatal/Postpartum Care Quality of Care SDG Social Determinants
A Little Respect: Improving Maternity Care
In a webinar hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and Ariadne Labs, speakers discussed the importance of respectful maternity care (RMC) and strategies for integrating RMC principles into quality improvement initiatives globally...read more
Categories: Cross-post Quality of Maternal Health Care Respectful Maternity Care Series
Topics: Education Facility-based Births Gender-based Violence Health Systems Human Resources for Health Policy & Advocacy Quality of Care Respectful Maternity Care Social Determinants
New Positions in Maternal Newborn Health
Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. In this month's roundup, we are featuring positions at CARE, Save the Children, EngenderHealth and other organizations!...read more
Categories: Maternal Health
From Local Action to National Results: How Community Health Workers Are Helping to Improve Maternal Health in Rwanda
One strategy that Rwanda has used to improve maternal health is engaging voluntary community health workers known as Animatrice de Santé Maternelle (ASMs). ASMs provide several services including health promotion and education, monitoring and reporting of maternal and newborn health indicators and accompaniment of pregnant women to health facilities...read more
Categories: Contributor Posts The Global Maternal Health Workforce
Topics: Community-based Care Education Financing Health Systems Human Resources for Health MDG Monitoring & Evaluation Newborn Health SDG Social Accountability Social Determinants Technology & Innovation
From the Archives | Giving Birth Without Clean Water
World Water Week is a reminder to the public health community that more than 600 million people around the globe do not have a safe water source nearby. Water, sanitation and hygiene play a crucial role in improving maternal health outcomes during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum...read more
Categories: Maternal Health
Topics: Commodities Facility-based Births Health Systems Infectious Disease Intrapartum Care Maternal Mortality Newborn Health Policy & Advocacy Quality of Care SDG Social Determinants
