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Recently on the MHTF blog, we’ve heard updates from: Young Champions Sara Al-Lamki, Zubaida Bai, Seth Cochran, and Yeabsira Mehari Future Generations’ Using Pregnancy Histories to Help Mothers ICDDR,B on Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Translation Women Deliver’s Mapping Project MaiMwana’s Maternal Death Review Plus, some links for the weekend: Obstetric fistula on the rise in … Continue reading “Weekend Reading”
Increasingly in the maternal health field, it is critical to know who the other players in the field are, where they work and how we can work together instead of constantly reinventing the wheel. This was the core incentive behind the mapping project Women Deliver has been working on with the Maternal Health Task Force. … Continue reading “Putting Maternal Health on the Map”
The MHTF is soliciting reactions from the maternal health community to the newly released UN MMR data. Our hope is that, together, these comments will serve as a springboard for discussion and provide momentum towards MDG5. Last week, the United Nations released the newest estimate of maternal mortality, which shows an important 34% decline in … Continue reading “Achieving MDG 5: More Health Workers Needed to Find Solutions for Vulnerable Women”
Ann Blanc, Director of the Maternal Health Task Force, welcomed attendees of the Global Maternal Health Conference to the third and final day of the conference. She recalled the Safe Motherhood Conference held in 1987 in Nairobi–and said, “Experts at the Nairobi meeting did not expect to be here today. They would have thought that … Continue reading “Maternal Health Accountability: The Crucial Next Step”
Written by Saumya RamaRao, Population Council It is Day 2 at the Global Maternal Health Conference and the energy level has revved up as all participants roll up their sleeves to get down to detailed discussions. Today I learnt of ongoing innovations in maternal and newborn health from different parts of the world. As I … Continue reading “Of Ideas, National Programs, and Innovations in Service Delivery”
On August 30 at 8:00am, the air was already hot and sticky as Ashoka’s Young Champions and Changemakers boarded an air-conditioned bus. After careening across Delhi’s bumpy streets, the young social entrepreneurs stepped into the bright light of downtown Delhi for their first day at the Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC). In the morning they … Continue reading “Global Maternal Health Conference 2010: Day One Take-Aways from the Young Champions”
This post was originally published on IntraHealth’s Global Health Blog. To the business world, it’s location, location, location. Here in Delhi, though, at the Global Maternal Health Conference, the mantra is context, context, context. There are many ways to improve and save women’s lives, but the success of any given intervention depends on local context. … Continue reading “Local Context Matters to Women’s Lives: A Report from Delhi”
This post was originally published on IntraHealth’s Global Health Blog. To the business world, it’s location, location, location. Here in Delhi, though, at the Global Maternal Health Conference, the mantra is context, context, context. There are many ways to improve and save women’s lives, but the success of any given intervention depends on local context. … Continue reading “Local Context Matters to Women’s Lives: A Report from Delhi”
“We do not need new legislation… we need affordable, effective, and scalable solutions,” said Shn Gulamnabi Azad, Minister of Health, India, at the opening ceremony of the first-ever Global Maternal Health Conference in New Delhi. Co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and the Public Health Institute of India, this three-day technical meeting builds upon … Continue reading “Global Maternal Health Conference 2010: Empowering the Next Generation”
Today (August 30, 2010) marked the first day of the Global Maternal Health Conference in Delhi. Throughout the day, the nearly 700 conference participants–made up of maternal health researchers, programmers, advocates, social entrepreneurs, policymakers, and young professionals–shared a number of insights, lessons learned, recommendations and innovative ideas for improving the health of women around the … Continue reading “International, National, Expert, and Young Champions of Maternal Health Speak at the GMHC2010 Inaugural Ceremony”
