Archive: Dec 2010

By: Faisal Siraj, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Faisal Siraj, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. He will be blogging about her…

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF During the recent Woodrow Wilson International Center policy dialogue on maternal undernutrition both speakers highlighted the importance of including adolescent girls as targets and beneficiaries of maternal…

By: Carolina Damásio, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Carolina Damásio, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging…

By: Faatimaa Ahmadi, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Faatimaa Ahmadi, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging…

By: Anna Dion, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Anna Dion, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about her…

Google Labs has a new program out that is taking the blog world by storm. Google Books Ngram allows users to search the corpus of Google Books to see the evolution of the use of a word over time. “Maternal Health” appears to have peaked in…

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF As Amy Webb Girard highlighted in her presentation at the latest Woodrow Wilson International Center policy dialogue, biology is not the only reason women and girls routinely face undernourishment. In fact,…

As we approach the New Year, we would like to share with you some highlights from 2010. The MHTF had a very busy year, and these highlights cover only some of the exciting work taking place. We hope you take a few moments to look at photos from the past…

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF During the latest Woodrow Wilson International Center Dialogue on maternal undernutrition, Amy Webb Girard highlighted some effects of maternal undernutrition. Anemia, increased susceptibility to infection,…

Earlier this months, estimates of unsafe abortions were published in Reproductive Health Matters. A related paper in Studies in Family Planning written by researchers from the Guttmacher Institute estimates rates of unintended pregnancies in various…