Archive: 2010

By: Lisa Russell, Filmmaker, Member, MHTF Editorial Committee Lisa Russell, MHTF Editorial Committee Member, reflects on her experiences filming Love, Labor, Loss; a 2003 film on obstetric fistula in Niger.  The Maternal Health Task Force invites…

WATCH THE LIVE WEBCAST TODAY AT THIS LINK. The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at EngenderHealth, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have announced the third event, Maternal and…

By: Ann K. Blanc, Director, MHTF A message from Ann K. Blanc, Director of the Maternal Health Task Force, on International Women’s day: At the first International Women’s Day in 1911, the maternal mortality ratio in the United States was around…

On Thursday, February 25th, 2010, Dr. Jeremy Shiffman, member of the Maternal Health Task Force Editorial Committee, presented his research on issue ascendance in global health to a full house of MHTF partners and EngenderHealth staff at the…

Immpact (The Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment) is almost finished with a literature review on birth kits in developing countries–and is making a final call for additional information. Immpact’s literature review…

The Department of Making Pregnancy Safer at the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the seventh orientation workshop on Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) Programing to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 21 to 25, 2010. Course…

The Department of Making Pregnancy Safer at the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the seventh orientation workshop on Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) Programing to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 21 to 25, 2010. Course…

Maternal and Newborn Health as a Priority for Strengthening Health Systems Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the third event of the…

CARE Haiti is looking for a Gender/Sexual and Reproductive Health Adviser to implement an integrated response to the post-earthquake crisis situation in Haiti. The Gender/Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Adviser will lead and manage the integration…

Pakistan: Midwives Gain Recognition But Concerns Remain Inter Press Service News Agency Three years ago, Kanwal Gul participated in a one-week training in community midwifery as part of a UNICEF pilot project—and now she runs a birthing…