Midwives’ Voices, Midwives’ Realities: Findings From a Global Consultation on Providing Quality Midwifery Care
Posted onThe Lancet Maternal Health Series: External Shocks and Health System Innovations
Posted onThe Lancet Maternal Health Series published in September 2016 contains six papers highlighting the importance of improving access to high quality maternal health care for all women across the globe. In paper 5, “Next generation maternal health: External shocks and health-system innovations,” Kruk and colleagues discuss how social, political, environmental and demographic changes will influence the future of global maternal health and highlight key health system innovations with potential for large impact…read more
‘Stress, anger, fear and injustice’: An international qualitative survey of women’s experiences planning a vaginal breech birth
Posted onChange over time in women’s views and experiences of maternity care in England, 1995–2014: A comparison using survey data
Posted onMaternal and newborn outcomes at a tertiary care hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, 2008–2012
Posted onGlobal Leaders in Maternal and Newborn Health: Dr. Clara Menéndez (Spain and Mozambique)
Posted onProfessor Clara Menéndez, one of the faculty leading the workshop, is a research professor at the Institute of Global Health at the University of Barcelona, and she was also one of the founders of the Manhica Health Research Center in Mozambique. She has spent most of her career studying how anemia, malaria and other infectious diseases affect mothers and infants. Having worked extensively in The Gambia, Tanzania and Mozambique, Prof. Menéndez serves as a consultant for the World Health Organization on malaria control in children and pregnant women…read more
New “Quality of Maternal Health Care” Blog Series: Call for Submissions
Posted onThe quality of care a woman receives during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum affects her health, the health of her child and the likelihood that she will seek health care in the future. The MHTF is thrilled to announce our new blog series, “Quality of Maternal Health Care”. If you are working on something related to quality of maternal health care, or if you want to share a unique perspective on this topic, please submit your blog post to us…read more
Standards for Improving Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Health Facilities
Posted onUniversal Children’s Day: Integrating Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Posted onIn 2015, 5.8 million children around the world died before their fifth birthday. An estimated two million of those deaths were stillbirths and 2.6 million were neonatal deaths. Globally, the leading cause of under-five mortality in 2015 was preterm birth, which is often preventable with timely, high quality care. Pregnancy, childbirth and the immediate postpartum period are critical periods, not just for mothers, but for children as well. To mark Universal Children’s Day, here is the Maternal Health Task Force’s list of top ten key papers and reports related to the integration of maternal, newborn and child health…read more