Obstructed & Prolonged Labor – Page 2 – Maternal Health Task Force

WHO Recommendations: Intrapartum Care for a Positive Childbirth Experience

February 15, 2018

Estimating the met need for emergency obstetric care (EmOC) services in three payams of Torit County, South Sudan: a facility-based, retrospective cross-sectional study

February 14, 2018February 21, 2018

Africa fighting maternal, neonatal mortality with community-level interventions, technology

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

Report from Nine Maternal Mortality Review Committees

February 9, 2018

Leading Experts Discuss Fistula, Safe Surgery and the Way Forward

February 7, 2018February 7, 2018

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

While safe surgical practices can improve maternal health outcomes, surgery can pose its own risks and complications. The Maternal Health Task Force’s Kayla McGowan recently had the pleasure of interviewing two leading experts in the field of fistula and safe surgery, Dr. Thomas Raassen and Carrie Ngongo. Read key takeaways for the maternal health community….read more

From the Archives | Female Genital Mutilation and Implications for Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018

By: Sarah Hodin, MPH, CD(DONA), LCCE, National Senior Manager of Maternal Newborn Health Programs, Steward Health Care

Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). As of 2010, an estimated 100-140 million women have undergone FGM globally, putting them at increased risk of experiencing numerous short-term and long-term sexual, reproductive and maternal health outcomes…read more

How Surgery Can Treat and Cause Fistula

January 10, 2018August 1, 2018

By: Kayla McGowan, Project Coordinator, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Mary Nell Wegner, Executive Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative; Sarah Hodin, MPH, CD(DONA), LCCE, National Senior Manager of Maternal Newborn Health Programs, Steward Health Care; Vandana Tripathi, Deputy Director, Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth

While the root causes of obstetric and iatrogenic fistula differ, both represent failures of the health system to provide women with timely, safe and appropriate care, and both have severe consequences…read more

Year in Review: Top 10 Highlights in Global Maternal Health From 2017

December 21, 2017January 2, 2018

By: Staff, Maternal Health Task Force

2017 was an exciting year for the global maternal health community. In reflecting back on this past year, the Maternal Health Task Force compiled a list of 10 important milestones and developments in the global maternal health field…read more

Thirty Years of the Safe Motherhood Initiative: Celebrating Progress and Charting the Way Forward

December 19, 2017December 20, 2017

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

On 8 December, experts in reproductive and maternal health gathered at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. as part of the Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health Series for two panel discussions celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Safe Motherhood Initiative and reflecting on progress and future directions in the field…read more

A lifesaving childbirth tool was successfully introduced in India—but saved no lives

December 19, 2017