Maternal Health Visionary Spotlight: Theresa Shaver, White Ribbon Alliance founder, reminds us to stay bold together to end Maternal and Neonatal Mortality
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Posted on“Hoping for Life While Fearing Death”: Insights Into Maternal Health From the MSF Scientific Research Day
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Maternal health is often overlooked in times of civil unrest, public health or humanitarian crises, creating a further disadvantaged subset of the already vulnerable population. Medecines sans Frontieres (MSF) recently hosted a scientific research day that explored several promising projects aimed at improving maternal health in these settings…read more
World Breastfeeding Week celebrates benefits of breastfeeding for women and babies around the globe
Posted onNew Report by the World Health Organization and Partners Calls Attention to Quality of Maternal Health Care
Posted onA new joint report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank explores how low quality care compromises health outcomes around the world—especially in low- and middle income countries. The report shines a spotlight on quality of maternal health care…read more
New Special Issue on Maternal Morbidity
Posted onThe International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics recently published an open access supplement exploring critical issues in maternal morbidity, the culmination of the multi-year undertaking led by the World Health Organization Maternal Morbidity Working Group. This special issue contains a new measurement framework, a systematic review of systematic reviews on the frequency of maternal morbidity and other key and emerging topics…read more
Every 11 Minutes: Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy Are Deadly (and Have Long-Term Consequences for Mothers and Children)
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“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