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By: Deborah Billings, PhD; Filipa deCastro, PhD; Jean Marie Simms Place, PhD Read this post in Spanish here. What is postnatal depression? Postnatal depression is characterized by feelings of hopelessness, agitation, sadness, despondency,…

By: Natalie Ramm, Communications Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Rates of cesarean section are extremely high in certain countries like Brazil and the United States, among others, and dangerously low in others. The…

By: Venture Strategies Innovations As new post-2015 targets and strategies to end preventable maternal deaths are being discussed and debated, we have the opportunity to leverage the progress made over the past decade by scaling up proven…

By: Purnima Mane, Pathfinder I recall reading the Manifesto for Maternal Health with appreciation for the strategies delineated but regret that many of the actions identified had not received the deserved attention earlier. I felt optimistic that…

Antenatal and Postnatal Care Access to high quality antenatal and postnatal care is essential to reducing complications for both mother and fetus in pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum. This field is heavily reliant on both the structure of healthcare…

By: Isabella Danel, MD, MS, the CDC Division of Reproductive Health This post originally appeared on the CDC’s Our Global Voices blog. Maternal health has improved in most regions of the world, with far fewer women dying during pregnancy…

By: Aparajita Gogoi, Executive Director, CEDPA India and National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance India As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does the future hold for international maternal mortality targets? The…

Members of the White Ribbon Alliance contributed the following comments regarding post-MDG maternal mortality targets As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does the future hold for international maternal mortality…

USAID, in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the MCHIP and Evidence to Action Project (E2A) are now accepting abstracts for possible inclusion as individual presentations or preformed panels at the upcoming…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant In an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the partners behind the Saving Mothers Giving Life (SMGL) initiative presented the results of the first year of the initiative in eight…