Enhancing Maternal Survival by Committing to Agreed Global Health Policies

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By: Isaac Oriafo Ejakhegbe, ; edited by Katie Millar, Senior Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force

With the Sustainable Development Goals adopted and the 2015 Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference and 2016 Women Deliver Conference behind us, the time is now to mobilize global and country-level commitment for ending preventable maternal mortality, including commitments to newborn, sexual and reproductive health…read more

Lessons Learned from Implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist

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By: Kayla McGowan, Project Coordinator, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

To maintain momentum for maternal newborn health, we must share our successes and failures in improving health outcomes for moms and babies. This month, scientists at Ariadne Labs, a collaboration between Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, hosted a webinar to present their partner’s experience using the World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Childbirth Checklist in Namibia. Participants discussed the development of the checklist, an implementation project, and key takeaways on using the checklist in other settings…read more