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PATH’s Strategic Prioritization Tool

As part of a maternal health technology assessment project, PATH created an Excel-based Strategic Prioritization Tool (SPT) to assess and prioritize nearly 40 technologies that address postpartum hemorrhage and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia for their potential to have impact in low-resource settings. The tool—which relies largely on information that can be collected from secondary data sources—scores evaluation criteria, … Continue reading “PATH’s Strategic Prioritization Tool”

Manifesto for Maternal Health: Highlights From Jhpiego

Continuing the celebration of the one-year anniversary of the “Manifesto for Maternal Health,” this post showcases the work of Jhpiego to improve global maternal health. USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), led by Jhpiego, has enabled more than 1.5 million deliveries with a skilled birth attendant over five years (in accordance with … Continue reading “Manifesto for Maternal Health: Highlights From Jhpiego”

Strengthening the Evidence on Postnatal Care

WHO has released new Recommendations on Postnatal Care of the Mother and Newborn. This publication replaces an edition from 1998, and provides guidelines on fundamental postnatal care (PNC) which are particularly applicable to resource-limited settings in low- and middle-income countries. The guidelines apply to home births as well as those in health facilities, and can … Continue reading “Strengthening the Evidence on Postnatal Care”

Improving Access to Maternal Health Commodities: A Systems Approach

This post is part of a blog series on maternal health commodities. To view the entire series, click here. Despite a decade of significant progress reducing maternal mortality rates, very few countries are on target to meet Millennium Development Goal #5a of reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters by 2015. What is most alarming … Continue reading “Improving Access to Maternal Health Commodities: A Systems Approach”

Putting Malaria In Pregnancy Back Where it Belongs – on the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Platform

This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Malaria is a maternal and child health issue. Pregnant women are the most at risk for malaria and the likelihood of complications due to infection is much greater. Each year, approximately 50 million women living in … Continue reading “Putting Malaria In Pregnancy Back Where it Belongs – on the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Platform”

Maternal Health Commodities: Case Studies from Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda

Last month, the Maternal Health Task Force was invited by the Secretariat to the UN Commission for Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children to complete a landscaping of maternal health commodities in 6 countries. The MHTF, in collaboration with Global Health Visions, prepared a working document, titled UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities for … Continue reading “Maternal Health Commodities: Case Studies from Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda”

USAID Technical Series: Prevention and Management of PPH and PE/E

Yesterday afternoon, a group of maternal health practitioners met at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. Dr. Jeffrey M. Smith of MCHIP gave a presentation on a report he co-authored called “Prevention and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage and Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia” (PDF) as part of the USAID Maternal Health Technical Series. The paper reports on various … Continue reading “USAID Technical Series: Prevention and Management of PPH and PE/E”