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The Maternal Health Task Force works closely with the United Nations Population Fund and the Wilson Center Maternal Health Initiative to bring together the world’s leading maternal and newborn health policymakers, researchers and practitioners to discuss…

The Aberdeen Women’s Centre was built to continue providing obstetric fistula repairs in Freetown, Sierra Leone, following the departure of a Mercy Ships hospital ship in 2004. First known as the Aberdeen West Africa Fistula Centre and operated by Mercy…

This brief describes three important achievements of the Uganda MOH and the Fistula Technical Working Group: • Building an information base for obstetric fistula, to better plan for and manage prevention, treatment, and reintegration services •…

In 2008, the Ad-din Hospital recognized that many women in Dhaka were failing to access emergency obstetric care and established a low-cost ambulance service. Using mobile phones and global positioning system (GPS) tracking, Ad-din manages a fleet of 66…

In 2008, the Ad-din Hospital recognized that many women in Dhaka were failing to access emergency obstetric care and established a low-cost ambulance service. Using mobile phones and global positioning system (GPS) tracking, Ad-din manages a fleet of 66…

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…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant In this year’s annual State of the World Population, UNFPA focuses on the issue of early childbearing. The report finds that not only are 7.5 million births to girls under the age of 18 every year, but 2 million are to…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant As part of a theme issue on “Women’s health beyond reproduction – a new agenda,” the current issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization features an interview with Ana Langer, Director of the Maternal Health…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The MHTF is packing up and heading to Malaysia for the Women Deliver conference May 28-30. Women Deliver conferences always provides a unique forum for advocates, donors, researchers, programmers and policy makers to come…

By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative The Lancet has published a special issue, focused on maternal health, that comes just before the third Women Deliver conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur,…