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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Three low-cost, effective maternal health medicines – oxytocin, misoprostol, and magnesium sulfate – can save many women who die each year of postpartum…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Pre-eclampsia remains a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Of the 5-600,000 maternal and perinatal lives lost to pre-eclampsia…

By: Sandeep Bathala, Senior Program Associate, Maternal Health Initiative, Wilson Center The feats that pregnant women perform under some of the most rudimentary conditions are sometimes unimaginable. On the first day of the Global Maternal and…

By: Harshad Sanghvi, Vice President Innovations and Medical Director, Jhpiego As a public health-oriented OBGYN who has worked in many resource-challenged countries from Afghanistan to Zanzibar championing low-cost innovative strategies to save women’s…

Course: Maternal Infections Source: Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research Language: English Intended users: Health professionals Overview: This course was developed in partnership with the MHTF, Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health…

By: Linnea Bennett, Intern, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center This blog post originally appeared on NewSecurityBeat.org The world is about to hit a “turning point” in maternal and newborn health, said Laura Laski,…

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On 20 November 2014, the Wilson Center Maternal Health Initiative convened this dialogue, in partnership with the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Accessing maternal health care…

As far as maternal health supplies go, it is easy for groups to forget the role of the three key life-saving commodities and therefore fail to prioritize their presence in health facilities 100% of the time. Arguably, services — with their immediate…

By: Katharine McCarthy, Research Coordinator, Population Council; Saumya Ramarao, Senior Associate, Population Council This post is part of the blog series “Increasing access to maternal and reproductive health supplies: Leveraging lessons learned…