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This Is a Drill: Developing an Obstetric Emergency Drills Program

By María Belizán, Daniela Colaci, Agustina Mazzoni, Ezequiel García-Elorrio, Sebastián García-Martí, and Fernando Althabe, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS). This post describes field experience in Ethiopia and India that helped shape the Obstetric Emergency Drills Training Kit, a new free resource for clinicians seeking ways to manage complications like postpartum hemorrhage and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, the leading causes of maternal mortality globally…read more

From Mexico City: Better Training and a Support Network for Midwives Is Saving Women’s Lives

The feats that pregnant women perform under some of the most rudimentary conditions are sometimes unimaginable. On the first day of the Global Maternal and Newborn Health Conference being held this week in Mexico City I heard the story of a 23-year-old woman in her third trimester in Maharashtra, India, who traveled 45 kilometers from … Continue reading “From Mexico City: Better Training and a Support Network for Midwives Is Saving Women’s Lives”

Assuring Quality MNH Health Service: The Next Frontier

As a public health-oriented OBGYN who has worked in many resource-challenged countries from Afghanistan to Zanzibar championing low-cost innovative strategies to save women’s lives, I count myself among those individuals with a “healthy disregard for the impossible.” Who would have imagined just 10-15 years ago that three little pills (misoprostol) would help turn the tide … Continue reading “Assuring Quality MNH Health Service: The Next Frontier”

How Midwives Can Answer the World’s Maternal Health Woes

This blog post originally appeared on NewSecurityBeat.org The world is about to hit a “turning point” in maternal and newborn health, said Laura Laski, chief of the sexual and reproductive health at UNFPA, at the Wilson Center on March 23. “In terms of strengthening the new health system for achieving the MDGS or any other … Continue reading “How Midwives Can Answer the World’s Maternal Health Woes”

Let’s Reward the Use of Maternal Health Supplies

As far as maternal health supplies go, it is easy for groups to forget the role of the three key life-saving commodities and therefore fail to prioritize their presence in health facilities 100% of the time. Arguably, services — with their immediate human element — make for better story-telling a lot of the time. And good storytelling is a mainstay of the marketing and publicity that surround award mechanisms. And by comparison, supplies often carry rather sterile connotations of warehouses, supply chains, and transportation… read more

Three Barriers to Delivering Maternal Health Supplies and the Solution

This post is part of the blog series “Increasing access to maternal and reproductive health supplies: Leveraging lessons learned in preventing maternal mortality,” hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition/Maternal Health Supplies Caucus, Family Care International and the USAID-Accelovate program at Jhpiego which discusses the importance and methods of reaching women with lifesaving reproductive and maternal health supplies … Continue reading “Three Barriers to Delivering Maternal Health Supplies and the Solution”

Call for Posts: How to Increase Access to Maternal and Reproductive Health Supplies

The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC)/Maternal Health Supplies Caucus (MHS) and Family Care International (FCI) share the goal of increasing awareness of the key role that reliable access to quality maternal and reproductive health supplies plays in reducing maternal mortality. To this end, we’d like to invite you to contribute a post to our blog series, Increasing access to maternal and reproductive health supplies: Leveraging lessons learned in preventing maternal mortality… read more

As Humanitarian Crises Multiply, Maternal Health and Safety of Women Becoming a Focus

Accessing maternal health care is already a challenge in many countries, and when conflict erupts or a disaster strikes, it can get even worse, leaving millions of women on their own while at their most vulnerable, said Ugochi Daniels, chief of humanitarian response for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Women and girls also become more vulnerable to violence during times of crisis, she said, by virtue of nothing but their gender. Daniels and other experts discussed efforts by humanitarian agencies to better address maternal health and gender-based violence in crisis settings at the Wilson Center on November 20, supported by the Maternal Health Task Force and UNFPA… read more

Critical Next Steps for the Maternal Health Community

As we reflect on lessons learned from the MDGs and set strategies for improving global maternal health, it’s time to identify what has worked and what more is needed to not only avert preventable maternal deaths, but also provide quality health care for every woman. In a paper published today, Tamil Kendall, a post-doctoral fellow of the Maternal Health Task Force, summarizes priorities for maternal health research in low- and middle-income countries based on three broad questions she asked 26 maternal health researchers from five continents… read more

How to Train Providers Where Maternal Mortality is Highest

In Mexico, maternal mortality continues to be a public health problem. Throughout the country, the burden of maternal mortality varies greatly between different locations. The three states with the highest maternal mortality ratio are Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. The main causes of maternal mortality continue to be hypertensive pregnancy disorders and postpartum haemorrhage. In order to help meet the needs of these underserved and high-burdened states… read more