Archive: Feb 2010

Immpact (The Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment) is almost finished with a literature review on birth kits in developing countries–and is making a final call for additional information. Immpact’s literature review…

The Department of Making Pregnancy Safer at the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the seventh orientation workshop on Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) Programing to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 21 to 25, 2010. Course…

The Department of Making Pregnancy Safer at the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the seventh orientation workshop on Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) Programing to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 21 to 25, 2010. Course…

Maternal and Newborn Health as a Priority for Strengthening Health Systems Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the third event of the…

CARE Haiti is looking for a Gender/Sexual and Reproductive Health Adviser to implement an integrated response to the post-earthquake crisis situation in Haiti. The Gender/Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Adviser will lead and manage the integration…

Pakistan: Midwives Gain Recognition But Concerns Remain Inter Press Service News Agency Three years ago, Kanwal Gul participated in a one-week training in community midwifery as part of a UNICEF pilot project—and now she runs a birthing…

What you count is what you target: the implications of maternal death classification for tracking progress towards reducing maternal mortality in developing countries Our “Article of the Week” was published in the Bulletin of the World Health…

In June 2009, the MHTF hosted an online forumto discuss the maternal health content of the Demographic and Health Surveys core questionnaires.  Following the forum, a coordinated set of comments and recommendations was sent to the DHS program for…