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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 The RED strategy, originally introduced in Mongolia by WHO and UNICEF to improve immunization coverage was adapted for meeting sexual and reproductive health needs of the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: The USAID-funded Integrated Health Project (IHP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo has supported optimal breastfeeding since 2010 for numerous benefits: early…

By: Katie Millar, Senior Project Manager, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Just hours ago, the United Nations’ General Assembly, or UNGA, officially adopted the Sustainable Development Goals: goals that will…

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…

Global Maternal Health Symposium Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health Series Technical Meetings Conferences Global Maternal Health Symposium Please join us on 17 September 2018 as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Maternal Health…

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…

By: Schuyler Null, Editor, New Security Beat 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…

By: Karen Beattie, Director of Fistula Care and Associate Vice President of EngenderHealth This post is cross-posted from the EngenderHealth website. Reflections from a lifelong global women’s health advocate on the closing ceremony of the Global…

By: Ann Starrs, President and Co-Founder, Family Care International 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.…

By: Dr. Mohammad Tariq, Country Director, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT/Islamabad, JSI 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…