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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”
This post was originally posted on haba na haba, hujaza kibaba–and has been adapted for the MHTF Blog One of the most salient admissions I heard during the Women Deliver 2010 conference in Washington DC (June 7-9) was that the major challenge facing improvements in maternal health is a lack of political will. Kathleen Sebelius, the US Secretary for … Continue reading “Making the Final Push for MDG5, Making Women Matter”
Day two (6/8) of the Women Deliver conference had a clear focus on technology to improve the health of women and children around the globe. Take a look at two examples of technologies discussed at the conference yesterday–one high tech and one very low tech. Microbicide Vaginal Rings “The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) … Continue reading “Women Deliver Day Two: A Focus on (High and Low) Technology”
The Women Deliver conference is officially underway–and in the first day alone several announcements were made that will likely make a significant impact on the maternal health field. Below you will find links to several highlights from yesterday (6/7), day one of Women Deliver 2010. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation commits $1.5 billion to … Continue reading “Women Deliver: Day One in Review”
I recently attended the NTEN Annual Conference (April 8-10) in Atlanta, Georgia. NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) is an organization that helps nonprofits navigate the high-speed, constantly-changing landscape that defines the world of technology today. I was among 1400 participants comprised of both tech gurus as well as the tech-challenged. However, the mind-boggling array of workshops and … Continue reading “What Has Technology Done For You Lately?”
