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Many pregnant people must face the fact that despite strides made in drug development, very few approved drugs have been explicitly studied in pregnant patients, and many pregnancy-related conditions lack approved therapies. Despite this fact, a multi-national study conducted in Europe, North and South America, and Australia found over 80% of their respondents reported using … Continue reading “The Role of Drug Repurposing in Pregnancy”
Interested 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. Here are positions open for applications in January 2024. Africa: Job Organization Location (Country) Population Data Adviser, WCARO, Dakar, Senegal, P5 UNFPA Senegal Senior Technical Advisor, … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”
Interested 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. Here are positions open for applications in December 2023. Africa: Job Organization Location (Country) Coordinator, Technical Secretariat of the Peace Building Fund UNFPA Burkina Faso International … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”
Reproductive abandonment refers to conditions that discourage and inhibit relations of desired reproduction, in its social, biological, infrastructural, and environmental senses. For example, in parts of the world, medical technologies that could facilitate life, birth and reproduction are largely absent or facilitate violence, such as the use of violent practices toward women in labour. Reproductive … Continue reading “Developing Maternity Care to Reverse Patterns of Violence and Inequality in West Papua”
Interested 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. Here are positions open for applications in October 2023. Africa: Job Organization Location (Country) Descriptive Job TitleTechnical Adviser, Global Health Workforce CHAI Rwanda Associate, Neglected Tropical … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”
Interested 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. Here are positions open for applications in July 2023. Africa: Job Organization Location (Country) Representative, Mozambique UNFPA Mozambique Gender Based Violence & Psychological Support Officer Care … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”
It is well known that women who have a positive experience with family planning (FP) and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) providers and have access to a choice of contraceptives are more likely to begin and continue using them. This means health providers must also have the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide information, … Continue reading “Driving Local Leadership to Meet Family Planning Needs”
Disease outbreaks, healthcare system disruptions, and the displacement of populations: these are just a few of the acute symptoms of armed conflict. But the consequences of war extend and reverberate across generations, amplifying the impact of violence and destruction far beyond the battlefield. It is increasingly clear that armed conflict represents not only a humanitarian … Continue reading “Beyond the Battlefield: The Hidden Impacts of War on Maternal Health and The Cost of Academic Indifference”
Interested 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. Here are positions open for applications in April 2023. Africa: Job Organization Location (Country) Maternal Immunization Data Collection Consultant PATH Mozambique Senior Global Health Security Advisor … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”
Interested 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. Here are positions open for applications in February 2023. Africa: Job Organization Location (Country) UNFPA Representative, Lome, Togo P5 UNFPA Togo Deputy Program Director Jhpiego Zambia … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”
