Archive: Jun 2010

By: Amy Boldosser, Senior Officer, Global Advocacy Program, Family Care International Amy Boldosser, a member of Family Care International’s global advocacy team, was in Toronto from Thursday through Sunday, for the G8 and G20 summits.  Amy’s…

By: Kate Dilley, Administrative Coordinator, Management Sciences for Health This post was originally posted on haba na haba, hujaza kibaba–and has been adapted for the MHTF  Blog One of the most salient admissions I heard during…

By: Amy Boldosser, Senior Officer, Global Advocacy Program, Family Care International Amy Boldosser, a member of Family Care International’s global advocacy team, was in Toronto from Thursday through Sunday, for the G8 and G20 summits.  Amy’s…

By: Amy Boldosser, Senior Officer, Global Advocacy Program, Family Care International Amy Boldosser, a member of Family Care International’s global advocacy team, was in Toronto from Thursday through Sunday, for the G8 and G20 summits.  Amy’s…

Earlier this month (June 7-9), the Maternal Health Task Force team attended Women Deliver 2010 in Washington D.C. and facilitated an exciting mapping activity. The conference was an ideal place to implement this activity; in attendance were advocates,…

The Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth is looking for a Knowledge Management Assistant. If you have a background in public health, gender studies, or a related field, are skilled at using web-based communications tools, and are passionate about…

A message from Family Care International: Family Care International will be at the G8 and G20 Summits in Canada this week, and you can follow our live updates on Facebook and Twitter! Follow FCI on Twitter: @familycareintl Become a…

By: Tim Thomas, Advisor, MHTF Our friends at the Global Health program at the Council on Foreign Relations recently distributed a report of what they’ve learned about the new-ish US Global Health Initiative with a bias toward girls and women, which both…

“What are the problems you face? How can these be solved?” If you provide care for pregnant women, this is your opportunity to make your voice heard. Global Voices for Maternal Health is a major new project from the University of Oxford…

The controversial research reporting unexpected gains in maternal health, published April 12 in the Lancet, has triggered rigorous debate about the measurement tools used to count maternal deaths globally and at a country level. The paper, Maternal…