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Article of the Week

HIV is the main cause of death among pregnant women in Johannesburg, South Africa according to a five-year study of maternal mortality at one of the city’s largest public hospitals. The study, published in the August 2009 issue of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, highlights gaps in the country’s prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) program, which … Continue reading “Article of the Week”

Sara Gullo, Program Manager, joins the MHTF

We are pleased to welcome Sara Gullo as the MHTF Manager. Sara joins us from Atlanta, Georgia where she has spent the last four years with CARE working in their Humanitarian Unit. She served in various capacities there including Program Officer and Programming and Knowledge Sharing Technical Coordinator, working for extended periods in Ethiopia. Sara … Continue reading “Sara Gullo, Program Manager, joins the MHTF”

Article of the week

A new study by the Guttmacher Institute and the International Institute for Population Sciences highlights the continuing problem of maternal mortality in India, the country with the highest annual number of maternal deaths in the world. Even though the proportion of women receiving delivery care increased by one-third between 1993 and 2006, half of all … Continue reading “Article of the week”

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Article of the Week

Nicholas Kristof has once again put maternal health front and center in The New York Times. Here’s a link to the article! Let us know what you think!

Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, Joins the MHTF

The MHTF welcomes Raji Mohanam as the Knowledge Management Specialist for the Maternal Health Task Force. Raji started her career at the Population Council in New York where she was a Program Coordinator for six years. Subsequently, she worked for several yearsin the pharmaceutical industry on educational programs and in 2006, became the Business Development … Continue reading “Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, Joins the MHTF”