Archive: Oct 2010

Last week, Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika lifted a ban on traditional birth attendants (TBAs) that had been in place since 2007, saying: We need to train traditional birth attendants in safer delivery methods. We should not completely…

Recently on the MHTF blog, we’ve heard updates from: Young Champions Sara Al-Lamki, Zubaida Bai, Seth Cochran, and Yeabsira Mehari Future Generations’ Using Pregnancy Histories to Help Mothers ICDDR,B on Knowledge Sharing and…

The following is part of a series of project updates from MaiMwana. MHTF is supporting their project, Community Based Maternal Death Review. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found here. Written by: MaiMwana The community focused…

Hans Rosling, of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, delivered a TED talk last month called “The Good News of the Decade?” where he discussed the Millenium Development Goals. His discussion focused on child mortality and how choosing a…

By: Joanna Hoffman, Women Deliver Increasingly in the maternal health field, it is critical to know who the other players in the field are, where they work and how we can work together instead of constantly reinventing the wheel. This was the core…

MHTF partner, The Global Network for Tropical Diseases and the World Health Organization cordially invite you to a reception marking the release of the first-ever WHO report on Neglected Tropical Diseases, “Working to Overcome the Global Impact of…

Ana Langer, an Advisor to the Maternal Health Task Force, was recently interviewed by Scientific American about improving maternal care.  According to Langer, “It’s not that you require a scientific breakthrough to solve these…

The following is part of a series of project updates from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). MHTF is supporting their project, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Translation in Bangladesh. More information on…

*Updated with new speaker information* Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the eighth event of the series on Advancing Policy…

The following is part of a series of project updates from Future Generations.  MHTF is supporting their project, Using Pregnancy Histories to Help Mothers, based in Peru. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found here. All photos…