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Women Deliver and Vestergaard Frandsen Announce Competition for Women Bloggers

“Women Bloggers Deliver” will award two female bloggers with a trip to Kenya to learn about clean water and women in development   6 April 2011, New York – Women Deliver, in partnership with Vestergaard Frandsen, announced today the launch of “Women Bloggers Deliver,” a competition that will send two female bloggers on a trip … Continue reading “Women Deliver and Vestergaard Frandsen Announce Competition for Women Bloggers”

Advocating for the Integration of HIV and MH

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). MHTF is supporting their project, Working on Integration Issues of HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found here. CEDPA India with the support from MHTF has undertaken an initiative to … Continue reading “Advocating for the Integration of HIV and MH”

Try and Fail, but Don’t Fail to Try

This blog post was contributed by Sara Al-Lamki, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about her experience every month, and you can learn more about her, the other Young Champions, and the program here. January has been … Continue reading “Try and Fail, but Don’t Fail to Try”

An Imperative to Act: Family Planning in West Africa

The following was originally posted on the IntraHealth International blog. Reposted here with permission. Cliquez ici pour lire le blog en français. Earlier this month, I was in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with delegates from eight French-speaking West African countries* for the conference, “Family Planning in the context of Population and Development: the Urgency to Act.” … Continue reading “An Imperative to Act: Family Planning in West Africa”

Proud to be Indian and Making a Difference in Women’s Lives

A longer version of this blog was originally posted on the IntraHealth International Global Health blog. Sitting here in Delhi at the Global Maternal Health Conference in the India Habitat Center, I feel proud to be Indian. Yes, in part it is that the conference is well-run, and the speakers are thoughtful and thought-provoking, but … Continue reading “Proud to be Indian and Making a Difference in Women’s Lives”

Post-Partum Haemorrhage: Low-Tech Interventions, High Potential to Save Lives

According to the latest WHO Countdown report, post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is responsible for over a third of maternal deaths worldwide. During a session at the Global Maternal Health Conference last week, I learned about a number of prevention and treatment methods for PPH. Dr. Sydney A. Spangler, Research Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School … Continue reading “Post-Partum Haemorrhage: Low-Tech Interventions, High Potential to Save Lives”

Making Outpatient Abortion Services a Reality

Every year, an estimated 20 million unsafe abortions take place. And of all maternal deaths, unsafe abortion accounts for 13%. Imagine if we could change that. Imagine if we could make a serious dent in the deaths and morbidities that are caused from botched abortions, from unhygienic surgeries, and from unskilled providers. Now, imagine if we … Continue reading “Making Outpatient Abortion Services a Reality”

Local Context Matters to Women’s Lives: A Report from Delhi

This post was originally published on IntraHealth’s Global Health Blog. To the business world, it’s location, location, location. Here in Delhi, though, at the Global Maternal Health Conference, the mantra is context, context, context. There are many ways to improve and save women’s lives, but the success of any given intervention depends on local context. … Continue reading “Local Context Matters to Women’s Lives: A Report from Delhi”