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
Eclampsia: Magnesium sulphate shortage increases risk of maternal and foetal mortality
New service uses mobile phones to reduce maternal mortality
Maternal health Rx’s pour out during U.N. meeting
Silence surrounds abortion in Nigeria
UN Secretary-General, UNFPA call for accelerated action to prevent women and girls from dying unnecessarily
Severe blood infections during childbirth on rise in U.S. women
A donkey ambulance for women in labor in Afghanistan
Keeping our promise to Every Woman, Every Child
BMI affects pregnant women
Put the frontline health worker into the post-2015 framework
Research
Predictors of the use of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in Cameroon
Innovation in preregistration midwifery education: Web based interactive storytelling learning
Influence of a pelvic floor training programme to prevent perineal trauma: A quasi-randomised controlled trial
Exploring the needs and challenges of women reintegrating after obstetric fistula repair in northern Ghana
A structural equation analysis on the relationship between maternal health services utilization and newborn health outcomes: A cross-sectional study in eastern Uganda
Maternal education and breastfeeding practices in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Achieving equity in maternal health in China: More to be done
Risk factors associated with adverse perinatal outcome in planned vaginal breech labors at term: A retrospective population-based case-control study
A randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial of the effects of fluid rate and/or presence of dextrose in intravenous fluids on the labor course of nulliparas
Midwives perceptions of partner presence in childbirth pain alleviation in Nigeria hospitals