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The MHTF is proud to bring you a new repository of information on family planning. Our newest topic page, “Integrating Family Planning into Maternal Health,” features an in-depth look at the relationship between family planning and maternal…

By Kisha D. Semenuk, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists In the United States Black women will experience 3-4x more severe maternal complications than white women and overall the majority of maternal deaths are preventable. To tackle the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Universal Health Care in the post-2015 era aims to achieve and maintain equity as high impact maternal and newborn health interventions are scaled up. A proposed…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Most maternal, perinatal and neonatal complications and mortality occur at or shortly after labor and delivery. In order to significantly impact maternal and…

By: Deepthi Wickremasinghe, Research Assistant & Information Management Specialist, IDEAS Energy and enthusiasm abounded at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference in Mexico City in October 2015, where knowledge and evidence were…

To highlight the rising and disparate rate of maternal deaths in the U.S., the Maternal Health Task Force is launching a blog series to explore strategies to mitigate these deaths and inequities and build a repository of information and resources…

By: Jody Lori, Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Director of the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center, University of Michigan The Maternal and Newborn Health Conference in Mexico City was motivating, energizing, and stimulated lots of conversation…

By: Rima Jolivet, Maternal Health Technical Director, Maternal Health Task Force Human rights are at the center of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and figure prominently in the new SDG framework.…

By: Kelsey Holt, Senior Project Manager, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Pregnant women who do not wish to—or aren’t able to—carry pregnancies to term have been largely absent in discussions at the GMNHC in…

By: John Grove, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Lara Vaz, Senior Advisor, Save the Children “Hello, is anyone home?” asks a young woman from outside a home in Dire Dawa, wearing a T-shirt identifying her as part…