Archive: Apr 2010

By: Lee Karen Stow, Photojournalist, Writer and MHTF Partner Why do I return again and again to Sierra Leone? Well, my birthplace of Kingston upon Hull in the United Kingdom has for 30 years been officially twinned with Freetown, the capital of Sierra…

Global Maternal Health Conference Website Launched Check out our new Conference websitewww.gmhconference2010.com!  All the news and information currently available about the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 is now online.  This is where…

By: Kate Mitchell, Knowledge Management Assistant, Maternal Health Task Force Women and Neglected Tropical Diseases: Shared History, Shared Hope* The theme of this year’s World Health Day is “Urbanization and Health.” Maternal mortality and morbidity,…

RAISE Initiative “In honour of World Health Day on April 7, 2010, the RAISE Initiative is proud to announce the release of At Two Fronts: This is the story of reproductive health in emergencies. This three-minute video offers glimpses into life…

By: Tim Thomas, Senior Advisor, MHTF Since the Safe Motherhood Initiative began in 1987, lots of catch phrases and tag lines have been deployed to raise awareness of our issues. • Every minute, of every day, a woman dies giving life. • No woman should…

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 Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), and the United Nations Population…

By: Dr. Ann Blanc, Director, MHTF Last week, I attended a workshop in London convened by Immpact/University of Aberdeen and Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children. The workshop – the first in a planned series – was on Assessing and Advancing the Evidence…