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From New York to Dar es Salaam to Chiapas, several global health and development organizations are hiring for exciting positions that focus on improving maternal health. In this post, the MHTF shares a round-up of ten recently posted maternal health jobs around the world. 1. Clinical Advisor PMTCT/MNCH Management Sciences for Health Abuja, Nigeria 2. … Continue reading “Ten Job Opportunities in Maternal Health”
Coverage of malaria prevention, screening, and treatment among pregnant women remains low in many places in sub-Saharan Africa, despite clear evidence of effective interventions and significant investment in this area. Experts agree that increasing coverage of these interventions will require close cooperation between the maternal health and malaria communities. Given the Maternal Health Task Force’s … Continue reading “Looking Back and Looking Forward: Malaria in Pregnancy and the MHTF”
Our colleagues at IDEAS are currently recruiting for a student intern: IDEAS (Informed Decisions for Actions) aims to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies through generating evidence to inform policy and practice. Working in Ethiopia, North-Eastern Nigeria and the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, IDEAS uses measurement, learning and evaluation to find out … Continue reading “IDEAS Internship Opportunity”
Today, Evidence for Action launched MamaYe, a campaign that uses digital and mobile phone technology alongside community involvement in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Along with MamaYe’s innovative use of technology and outreach, it also seeks to make evidence accessible to experts and members of the public alike as it seeks to … Continue reading “MamaYe Campaign Aims to Mobilize Public for Maternal Survival in Africa”
President Joyce Banda has made improving maternal health a centerpiece of her Presidency since taking office last spring, and her first “State of the Nation” address is no exception. The speech, which was published earlier today by the Nyaza Times, highlights progress toward the Presidential Initiative on Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood. The Initiative focuses … Continue reading “Malawi President Joyce Banda Makes News for Commitment to Maternal Health”
Over 2000 abstracts were submitted to the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013. Eventually, around 800 delegates from all around the world presented papers and posters on maternal health topics under the theme of “Quality of Care”. While all the sessions and plenaries were thought-provoking, some of the sessions that I found especially interesting dealt with home … Continue reading “Discussions at GMHC2013 About Home Births and Traditional Birth Attendants”
This post is cross-posted from the FCI Blog and the PMNCH website. Last week’s Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC), held in Arusha, Tanzania, was both inspiring and sobering. Twenty-five years after the Safe Motherhood Initiative was launched at an international conference held in neighboring Kenya, maternal mortality has finally begun to decline, and there are … Continue reading “Placing Women at the Center: Rethinking the RMNCH Continuum of Care”
This blog post is cross-posted from Speaking of Medicine. I had the pleasure today of officially launching the Year 1 Open Access Collection on Maternal Health that PLOS has developed with the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), a leading organization coordinating efforts to improve the evidence, programmes, and advocacy of maternal health. The official launch and … Continue reading “Improving Access to Maternal Health Knowledge and Information”
Apply today! The Young Champions of Maternal Health program is now seeking a Young Champion of Maternal Health in Mexico! To reduce maternal mortality and morbidity over the long-term, emerging public health leaders need to be equipped with the skills, commitment, and vision to respond fully to multiple causes and consequences of maternal mortality and … Continue reading “Seeking Young Champion of Maternal Health in Mexico!”
Over the past couple of weeks, our team has identified several exciting opportunities to work on projects relating to maternal health and/or global health knowledge management around the world—including posts in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, USA, and Zambia. In this post, we share ten opportunities ranging from internships to full time positions. Some of these opportunities are with the Maternal Health Task … Continue reading “Ten Opportunities to Work in Maternal Health and/or Global Health Knowledge Management”
