Get the latest news and research on maternal health from around the world.
The MHTF team pulls the most current updates from peer-reviewed journals, news outlets and global health websites together in one location for you.
News
Midwife, mentor and advocate: White Ribbon Alliance founder Theresa Shaver receives Maternal Health Visionary Award
Improving Maternal Health Measurement: A national dialogue in Kenya
After decades of suffering, fistula survivors in Nepal find reprieve
Sepsis and its impact on maternal mortality
Maternal obesity linked to complications in newborns
A new normal: How families and fathers are affected by maternal mortality
Mothers on the front lines: Armed conflict, aid distribution, and maternal and child health
Maternal death rate lowered in California, but racial disparity remains
She saved a pregnant woman’s life and now works to make childbirth safer for all Afghan women
Preterm birth and heart disease risk for mom
Research
Breast cancer risk after recent childbirth: A pooled analysis of 15 prospective studies
Health systems’ capacity to provide post-abortion care: a multicountry analysis using signal functions
Medical abortion in the late first trimester: A systematic review
Cannabis abuse or dependence during pregnancy: A population-based cohort study on 12 million births
Perinatal outcomes in twin pregnancies complicated by maternal morbidity: Evidence from the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health
Methodological development of tools to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: labor observation and community survey
National estimates and risk factors associated with early mother-to-child transmission of HIV after implementation of option B+: A cross-sectional analysis
Stillbirth among women in nine states in India: Rate and risk factors in study of 886,505 women from the annual health survey
What we can do about maternal mortality – and how to do it quickly
Emotional violence exerted by intimate partners and postnatal depressive symptoms among women in Vietnam: A prospective cohort study