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The New York Times has recently published a series on “Small Fixes: Low-cost innovations that can save thousands of lives.” The series highlights small, low cost solutions to public health problems that are can be overlooked in favor of flashy, expensive solutions. Some of the maternal health specific, low cost solutions highlighted in the New … Continue reading “Small Fixes in Maternal Health”
This week on the MHTF blog: Joy Lawn wrote about neonatal mortality in Africa We announced our upcoming move to the Harvard School of Public Health mothers2mothers updated us on their PMTCT project CIESAS began analyzing their data Some reading for the weekend: NCDs and women’s health and rights Will incentivizing aid lead to better … Continue reading “Weekend Reading”
The following is part of a series of project updates from mothers2mothers. MHTF is supporting their project, Using Cell Phones in PMTCT. More information MHTF supported projects can be found here. Written by: mothers2mothers As mothers2mothers (m2m) begins to wrap up their Active Client Follow-Up (ACFU) pilots for scale up, both quantitative and qualitative collection … Continue reading “An Interview on ACFU from m2m”
Recently on the MHTF blog Raji Mohanam wrote about three days at the Non Profit Technology Conference (1, 2, 3) We announced a Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice with PAI Emily Puckart recapped the Maternal Health Policy Dialogue Christopher Lindahl wrote about misoprostol in Bangladesh on GlobalMama mothers2mothers wrote about Active Client Follow Up … Continue reading “Weekend Reading”
mothers2mothers, an MHTF sub-awardee, is going to be featured on ABC’s Good Morning America next week. The program airs on March 14th from 7am-9am EST. From m2m: We are excited about our participation in the series, a year-long exploration of the world’s top global health issues, and are happy to welcome GMA host Robin … Continue reading “m2m on Good Morning America”
This week on the MHTF blog: The Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University wrote about productivity costs and maternal health CEDPA updated us on their project to integrate HIV/AIDS into maternal health programs Young Champion Hellen Koltolo told us about her work in Gujarat mothers2mothers explored active client follow-up in Zambia CIESAS made progress … Continue reading “Weekend Reading”
Just in time for the mHealth Summit, The Lancet published an evaluation of an SMS initiative (gated) to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) at clinics in Kenya. Patients were randomly assigned to groups, one of which would receive text messages from nurses while the other would receive standard care. Similar programs exist for pregnant women getting … Continue reading “mHealth: But Does it Work?”
NEW YORK, July 22—The Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth announced today that it has awarded eight new grants supporting innovative maternal health projects across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The projects, which will be carried out by local organizations in developing countries, will lead to national policy recommendations for improving maternal health. Each project … Continue reading “The Maternal Health Task Announces New Grants, Innovative Maternal Health Projects to Inform National Policies”
