Health Impacts of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Synthesis of the Evidence
Posted onEarly sex work initiation and violence against female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya
Posted onAdolescent Girls in Disaster & Conflict: Interventions for Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Posted onUnderstanding the role of violence as a social determinant of preterm birth
Posted onHealth care disparity and state-specific pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 2005–2014
Posted onCountdown to 2015 Becomes Countdown to 2030
Posted onCountdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival (“Countdown”) was established in 2005 in response to The Lancet Child Survival Series with the goal of monitoring countries’ progress toward achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 (reduce child mortality) and 5 (improve maternal health) by 2015. Countdown is led by a team of multi-disciplinary leaders in the maternal and child health field, including researchers, governments, international agencies, professional organizations and other stakeholders. Now that the world has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Countdown has extended its work to monitor progress toward achieving SDG 3 (ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages) by 2030…read more
The Lancet Maternal Health Series: “Diversity and Divergence: The Dynamic Burden of Poor Maternal Health”
Posted onThe Lancet Maternal Health Series published last month contains six papers highlighting the importance of improving access to high quality maternal health care for all women across the globe. In paper 1, “Diversity and divergence: The dynamic burden of poor maternal health”, Graham and colleagues examine the changing distribution of causes of maternal death and disability (diversity) and the persistent inequalities between and within populations (divergence)…read more