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Facility readiness and efficiency: The cost and quality of care (Part 1)

Global Maternal Health Conference 2013 See Part 2 of the video >> Download the video >> https://vimeo.com/61545904 Moderator: Emily Keyes, FHI 360/AMDD The quality of delivery and newborn care in public hospitals in Uganda: A case study of Mityana hospital Abel Bizimana, Mildmay Uganda This session focused on the infrastructure needed for quality maternal health … Continue reading “Facility readiness and efficiency: The cost and quality of care (Part 1)”

Q&A Interview With Influential Jamaican Midwife Victoria Melhado

This post is part of our “Supporting the Human in Human Resources” blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and Jacaranda Health. Katja Iversen is the CEO of Women Deliver, a global advocacy organization that brings together diverse voices and interests to share solutions and drive progress in maternal and sexual and reproductive health and rights. … Continue reading “Q&A Interview With Influential Jamaican Midwife Victoria Melhado”

Commemorating Hellen Mammeja Technau

It is with very heavy hearts that we share that Hellen Mammeja Technau, a Maternal Health Young Champion, passed away unexpectedly last weekend.  She was a South African midwife, whose passion for helping those less fortunate and her ability to “think big” led her to not only become the dedicated maternal health professional, but also … Continue reading “Commemorating Hellen Mammeja Technau”

Can Women Deliver a New Development Agenda in 2015?

This post is part of a series of posts about the recent Women Deliver 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The disempowerment of women and girls is the single biggest driver of inequality today, said Helen Clark, administrator of the UN Development Program, during a plenary on the final day here at the Women Deliver … Continue reading “Can Women Deliver a New Development Agenda in 2015?”

Placing Women at the Center: Rethinking the RMNCH Continuum of Care

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”

Investing in Supply Chains of Family Planning Commodities in Pakistan Empowers Women and Boosts Economy

This blog post is cross-posted from JSI’s The Pump. I’ve arrived at the Global Maternal Health Conference in Tanzania to present the results of two years of private-public partnership for Pakistan supply chain systems and to learn from other programs. Over the past three years, the United States government has made an unprecedented investment in … Continue reading “Investing in Supply Chains of Family Planning Commodities in Pakistan Empowers Women and Boosts Economy”

UN General Assembly: Celebrating Progress and Looking to the Future

This post was originally posted on Women Deliver.  While deep into the planning stages of Women Deliver 2010, my phone rang and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s office was on the other end. I was stunned, and also thrilled—it’s not every day that the head of the UN calls to ask to be part of … Continue reading “UN General Assembly: Celebrating Progress and Looking to the Future”