A New Year and a New Vision for the Maternal Health Task Force
Posted onNew Jobs and Internships in Maternal Newborn Health
Posted onNew Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Posted onInterested 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. This month, we are featuring positions with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, J-PAL, Ariadne Labs..read more
Maternal Health Task Force – now at the Harvard Chan School Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health
Posted onThe Maternal Health Task Force and its online resources will now be managed by the Harvard Chan School Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health led by Professor Henning Tiemier and Program Coordinator Bethany Kotlar. With a long history of leadership in maternal and child health, the Harvard Chan School runs one of the preeminent training programs for public health professionals through the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child health…read more
New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Posted onInterested 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. This month, we are featuring positions with Jhpiego, United Nations Population Fund and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation…read more
Maternal Health Task Force Honors 10 Global Visionaries for Commitment to Advancing Women’s Health
Posted onIn honor of its 10th anniversary, the Maternal Health Task Force presented 10 distinguished pioneers from around the world with the inaugural Maternal Health Visionary Award, which recognizes individuals who have made an impact, pushed for innovation, inspired others, exhibited sound leadership and demonstrated a powerful vision for the future of maternal health…read more
Join on 11 September: Rethinking Maternal and Newborn Health Services
Posted onThis live and webcast event discussed the recommended action to redesign service delivery, and its implications for maternal and newborn health care in response to the recommendation from The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era (HQSS Commission) that calls for the redesign of service delivery and prompts us to reexamine maternal and newborn care at the primary level…read more
Developing a Measurement Framework for Social, Political and Economic Determinants of Maternal Health
Posted onA new paper in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth presents the results of the second phase of a collaborative process to develop a comprehensive monitoring framework for the “Strategies towards ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)” (EPMM Strategies report). This framework presents a set of indicators for measuring progress towards ending preventable maternal mortality by addressing the distal determinants of maternal health and survival…read more
Voice and Choice of Mothers: Health Decision-Making Dynamics Among Women in Urban India
Posted onWhat are women’s roles in the maternal health care decision-making process in settings like India? Are women’s voices heard by their family members and caregivers? How can women be empowered in maternal health care? To answer these questions, the ALMATA team conducted baseline research and surveyed 500 women from New Delhi and Mumbai, India…read more