Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Mchinji District, Malawi: Using a conceptual hierarchy to inform analysis
Posted onThe Lancet Maternal Health Series: “The Scale, Scope, Coverage, and Capability of Childbirth Care”
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 3, “The scale, scope, coverage, and capability of childbirth care,” Campbell and colleagues examine the adequacy of global intrapartum care with a particular focus on who helps women deliver and where those deliveries take place. They also recommend strategies for improving access to high quality maternal health care…read more
Accelerated training of skilled birth attendants in a marginalized population on the Thai-Myanmar border: A multiple methods program evaluation
Posted onIn Myanmar, family planning empowers women to take charge of their health, futures
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