Archive: Apr 2010

This guest blog post was written by the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases staff. According to the new maternal mortality estimates recently published in the Lancet, 342,900 women die annually while pregnant or from childbirth. This is a…

Eight innovative ideas for transforming the field of maternal health are finalists in the online competition “Healthy Mothers, Strong World: The Next Generation of Ideas for Maternal Health,” sponsored by The Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth…

By: Lucia D’Ambruoso and David Braunholtz, IMMPACT The Maternal Health Task Force is looking to those working in maternal health to comment on the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic reduction in global maternal mortality. …

Human Rights Watch has been nominated for a Webby Award for their video, In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India. Photographer Susan Meiselas and reporter Dumeetha Luthra traveled to India for Human Rights Watch to document the story of Kiran Yadav, an…

By: Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, MHTF I recently attended the NTEN Annual Conference (April 8-10) in Atlanta, Georgia. NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) is an organization that helps nonprofits navigate the high-speed,…

Don’t forget! This event is this Thursday, April 29th! Please join the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative and Environmental Change and Security Program, the…

By: Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, Vice President and Medical Director, Jhpiego The Maternal Health Task Force is looking to those working in maternal health to comment on the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic reduction in global…

By: Bram Brooks, MPH; David Hamer, MD April 25th (this Sunday) is World Malaria Day. Recently, researchers from the Center for Global Health and Development at Boston University and the Indian National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) conducted…

By: Dr. Marco Gomes, Health and HIV Policy Adviser, Centre for Health Policy and Innovation The Maternal Health Task Force is looking to those working in maternal health to comment on the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic…

By: Claire Bangser, Program Coordinator, Young Champions of Maternal Health, Ashoka The Maternal Health Task Force is looking to those working in maternal health to comment on the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic reduction…