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Guest post by Fistula Care.  With just 1 midwife for every 1000 live births, Sierra Leone needs a twelve-fold increase in its midwifery workforce to ensure full coverage of maternal and newborn health services.  It is tempting to focus…

By: Kate Leisner, Communications Specialist, WAHA International Dignified healthcare hinges upon community involvement at every level. That is why Women and Health Alliance (WAHA) International is working to make sure that the rural communities of…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Between March 8, International Women’s Day, and Mothers’ Day on May 8, the Global Mom Relay, is using social media to connect and mobilize support for the  UN’s Every Woman Every Child campaign to…

More from Barbara Kwast on the partograph meeting: The meeting called by Fistula Care and the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at Engender Health on revitalizing the partograph for the management of labor has been an important initiative. Management…

By: Celia Pett, Medical Associate, EngenderHealth; Pam Harper, Senior Writer/Editor, Engender Health The following is a summary of a meeting hosted by the Fistula Care Project in New York in November. Prolonged or obstructed labor is a major…

By: Yeabsira Mehari, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Yeabsira Mehari, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. This is her final post…

By: Dr. Ann Blanc, Director, MHTF; Tim Thomas, Senior Advisor, MHTF Over the nine months of their internships, the Young Champions of Maternal Health have forged a steadfast bond. Facebook has been their friend, and they’re not letting go of the…

This week on the MHTF blog: Maternal health in a middle income country Isaiah Ndong, VP for Programs at EngenderHealth, discussed obstetric fistula We celebrated the International Day of the Midwife The Young Champions of Maternal Health…

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

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