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Dear MHTF friends and colleagues, During the past three years, the MHTF has built vital connections among maternal health initiatives and engaged global and national experts to pinpoint problems facing the maternal health community and identify solutions to significantly improve maternal health. Together with our partners, we have made considerable progress, including: Co-hosted with the … Continue reading “A Letter to the Maternal Health Community”
The following post originally appeared Ashoka’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. Nine months ago, fifteen complete strangers in twelve different countries independently packed their lives into suitcases. They packed dress clothes and swimsuits, t-shirts and traditional items from home, flip flops, high-heels, laptops, books, and photos of loved ones. They said goodbye to … Continue reading “Young Champions Give Birth to Global Maternal Health Collaboration”
Writing from Accra where the gardens are blossoming and the intense heat of summer is lurking, a Mother’s Day approaches that promises real hope for the world’s mothers. Eight months into their nine-month internships, the Young Champions of Maternal Health are nearing completion of their gestational studies before being born into the workforce as professional … Continue reading “The Next (and Last?) Generation of Maternal Health Experts Making Mother’s Day Their Work Day”
We have a new post up today on our Medscape blog, GlobalMama, called “Addressing maternal mental health.” Be sure to check it out! Also, take a look at Audrey Prost’s presentation from the Global Maternal Health Conference on maternal mental health.
Earlier this week, we posted on climate change and family planning on Global Mama. In addition to that, Mala Rao from the Indian Institute for Public Health gave a presentation at the Global Maternal Health Conference on “Climate change and its impact on women’s health in the developing world.” Whenever you’re looking for information … Continue reading “Resources on GMHC2010 Site”
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the final event of the 2009-2010 series Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health. Maternal Undernutrition: Evidence, Links, and Solutions featuring Amy Webb Girard, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Public Health Masuma … Continue reading “Maternal Undernutrition: Evidence, Links, and Solutions”
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, The Lancet, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of Queensland School of Population Health invite submission of abstracts for oral or poster presentations at the Global Health Metrics & Evaluation: Controversies, Innovation, Accountability conference, to be held … Continue reading “Call for Abstracts: Global Health Metrics and Evaluation”
Day two of the Partner’s Forum on Women’s and Children’s Health in Delhi turned out to be much more substantive than day one. The opening plenary obliquely titled Accelerating Action for Women’s and Children’s Health was chaired by the thought-provoking editor of The Lancet, Richard Horton, who suggested that in spite of the PMCH’s successes … Continue reading “Partners’ Forum on Women’s & Children’s Health – Day 2”
On the sidelines of the political posturing and rhetoric at the Partners’ Forum on Women’s & Children’s Health sponsored by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health underway at the prestigious Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi this weekend, there have been some illuminating discussions. The day before the event, there was a robust agenda of … Continue reading “Partners’ Forum on Women’s & Children’s Health – Day 1”
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the ninth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health. Expanding Access to Essential Maternal Health Commodities November 30, 2010 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. 5th Floor Conference Room Woodrow … Continue reading “Expanding Access to Essential Maternal Health Commodities”
