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Released four times a year, the MHTF Quarterly highlights current and emerging critical issues in the maternal health field. Sign up for our mailing list MHTF Quarterly Archive June 2018: Midwives–Advancing Coverage and Quality of…

By: Natalie Ramm, Communications Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Continuing the celebration of the one-year anniversary of the “Manifesto for Maternal Health,” this post showcases the work of Jhpiego to improve…

By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative WHO has released new Recommendations on Postnatal Care of the Mother and Newborn. This publication replaces an edition from 1998, and provides guidelines on…

By: Beth Yeager, Principal Technical Advisor, Management Sciences for Health & Chair, Maternal Health Supplies Caucus, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition This post is part of a blog series on maternal health commodities. To view the entire…

By: Koki Agarwal, Co-Chair, Role Back Malaria “Malaria in Pregnancy Working Group, Director, MCHIP This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Malaria is a maternal and child health issue.…

Last month, the Maternal Health Task Force was invited by the Secretariat to the UN Commission for Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children to complete a landscaping of maternal health commodities in 6 countries. The MHTF, in collaboration with…

Yesterday afternoon, a group of maternal health practitioners met at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. Dr. Jeffrey M. Smith of MCHIP gave a presentation on a report he co-authored called “Prevention and Management of Postpartum…