Leading Experts Discuss Fistula, Safe Surgery and the Way Forward
Posted onWhile safe surgical practices can improve maternal health outcomes, surgery can pose its own risks and complications. The Maternal Health Task Force’s Kayla McGowan recently had the pleasure of interviewing two leading experts in the field of fistula and safe surgery, Dr. Thomas Raassen and Carrie Ngongo. Read key takeaways for the maternal health community….read more
“The system here isn’t on patients’ side”- perspectives of women and men on the barriers to accessing and utilizing maternal healthcare services in South Sudan
Posted onThe mothers and midwives behind South Sudan’s maternal mortality crisis
Posted onSouth Sudan sees progress in curbing maternal deaths amid challenges
Posted onWHO and the Ministry of Health strategize for an integrated Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Adolescent Health and Nutrition approach in South Sudan
Posted onSouth Sudan’s Mission to Help More Mothers Survive Childbirth
Posted onAs South Sudan grapples with a four-year civil war and persistent famine, it is also struggling with one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Health experts attribute the high rate of maternal deaths to an ailing health care system, lack of infrastructure and an acute shortage of skilled health workers…read more