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By: Jill Sheffield, Founder and President, Women Deliver 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 first phase of the Maternal Health Task Force ends officially October 31st at its birthplace, EngenderHealth, and the second phase begins November 1st 2011 at its new home, the Harvard School of Public Health. (A six-month extension of the first…

By: Peris Wakesho, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Peris Wakesho, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about…

“Women Bloggers Deliver” will award two female bloggers with a trip to Kenya to learn about clean water and women in development   6 April 2011, New York – Women Deliver, in partnership with Vestergaard Frandsen, announced today the launch…

By: Mohammad Ahsan, CEDPA India The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). MHTF is supporting their project, Working on Integration Issues of HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health. More…

By: Seth Cochran, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Seth Cochran, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. He will be blogging about his…

By: Sara Al-Lamki, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Sara Al-Lamki, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about…

By: Pape Gaye, President and CEO, IntraHealth International The following was originally posted on the IntraHealth International blog. Reposted here with permission. Cliquez ici pour lire le blog en français. Earlier this month, I was in Ouagadougou,…

By: K G Venkateswaran, Deputy Director, Planning for Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health in Northern India Project, IntraHealth International, Inc. A longer version of this blog was originally posted on the IntraHealth International Global Health…

By: Maria M. Pawlowska, Cambridge Gates Scholar According to the latest WHO Countdown report, post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is responsible for over a third of maternal deaths worldwide. During a session at the Global Maternal Health Conference last week,…