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By: Lorraine Thompson, Winner, Ashoka’s Maternal Health Blogging Contest 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…

By: Calyn Ostrowski, Coordinator, Maternal Health Dialogue Series, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars “We do not need new legislation… we need affordable, effective, and scalable solutions,” said Shn Gulamnabi Azad, Minister of Health,…

From the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 co-organizers: The Public Health Foundation of India and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. An exciting program for the Global Maternal Health Conference is taking…

From the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 co-organizers: The Public Health Foundation of India and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth Preparations for our conference to take place in Delhi 30th August – 1st September are well…

Global Maternal Health Conference Website Launched Check out our new Conference websitewww.gmhconference2010.com!  All the news and information currently available about the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 is now online.  This is where…

On 2 November 2017, Katja Iversen joined the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) for a panel discussion about noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and maternal health. Later, she sat down with the MHTF’s Sarah Hodin to talk more about the issues she raised…

“It’s not about counting how many times a mother interacts with antenatal services or comes to the facility. But it’s what happens in these encounters that matters," said Dr. Mariam Claeson, the director of maternal newborn and child health at the Bill…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) did not include any equity focus, yet for many regions of the developing world and sub-Saharan Africa in particular,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: RBF programs are a core part of World Bank’s efforts to improve maternal and child health, particularly in Africa. There are currently 31 countries implementing…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: There is now broad consensus that health user fees ‘punish the poor and prevent people from accessing life-saving treatment. According to WHO, user fees are ‘the…