Quality of care, equity and investments in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health: Key findings highlighted at APHA meeting
Posted onScorecards and social accountability for improved maternal and newborn health services: A pilot in the Ashanti and Volta regions of Ghana
Posted onA systematic review of implementation strategies to deliver guidelines on obstetric care practice in low- and middle-income countries
Posted onBarriers and enablers to guideline implementation strategies to improve obstetric care practice in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of qualitative evidence
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Posted onEvaluating strategies to improve HIV care outcomes in Kenya: A modelling study
Posted onTrust Black Women: Reproductive Justice in the United States and Around the World
Posted onThe Women and Health Initiative and the Women, Gender, and Health interdisciplinary concentration at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health hosted a seminar featuring Monica Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. Though Monica’s talk focused on reproductive justice in United States, the issues she discussed are indeed global ones. Disrespect and abuse during childbirth, for example, has been documented around the world. Women in rural areas cannot access maternity care because they live too far away from a health facility; and even if they manage to get to a facility, they may deliver without electricity, safe water and the resources necessary to manage obstetric emergencies. Additionally, millions of women around the world have an unmet need for family planning…read more
Global Leaders in Maternal and Newborn Health: Dr. Eshetu Bekele Yimenu (Ethiopia)
Posted onDr. Eshetu Bekele Yimenu is a young leader working at Save the Children International as Director of Research and Uptake leading the Research, Child Rights Governance and Campaigns Department in Ethiopia. In the latest post in the Global Leaders in Maternal and Newborn Health Series, Eshetu discusses how we can work together to reduce poverty and address maternal and child health issues in the global South…read more