Archive: 2010

The paper, Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5,was published today, April 12th, 2010, in the Lancet Online First–and will soon be published in the Lancet print…

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…

Grand Challenges in Global Health has announced Round 5 of their Grand Challenges Explorations Initiative: New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns. Grand Challenges in Global Health About Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE)…

In the state of Tamil Nadu in India, maternal and neonatal mortality rates have been declining according to the World Bank. One of the reasons might be due to a component of new health care reforms focusing on educating women about healthy pregnancies.…