Archive: Jan 2011

Please join us tomorrow to watch Wendy J. Graham from the University of Aberdeen discuss “War and Peace: The story of maternal mortality estimation.” Professor Graham will present her views on the history of global maternal mortality estimation, new…

17 major funders of public health research, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, the Hewlett Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the World Bank, have signed on to a document to promote the sharing of…

Last month, I wrote about Tableau Public, a site where you can input/upload data and create a variety of charts, graphs, and maps. Another tool that I’ve been using is Google Alerts to get stories about maternal health sent to my inbox everyday. At…

Trained traditional birth attendants in Pakistan provide misoprostol to prevent postpartum haemorrhage: a randomised placebo-controlled trial Jill Durocher, Program Associate, Gynuity Health Projects Jennifer Blum, Senior Program Associate, Gynuity…

Recently on the MHTF blog: We heard from the Young Champions of Maternal Health Ann Blanc wrote about what to look for in 2011 We posted on Global Mama about task-shifting The Fistula Care Project told us about their new tools Young…

In addition to blogging here on our site, we have a blog on Medscape called GlobalMama. We’ve got a new post there today on task-shifting. Be sure to check it out along with other posts on GlobalMama.

The US government recently developed a new website in response to calls for greater transparency in foreign aid. According to the site: The Foreign Assistance Dashboard provides a view of U.S. Government foreign assistance funds and enables users to…

By: Dr. Ann Blanc, Director, MHTF 2010 was an important year for maternal health with many technical advances, policy commitments, and high level international attention to maternal deaths and morbidity. But 2011 promises to be even more important as all…

By: Carrie Ngongo and Sarah Burgess, Fistula Care Project Obstetric fistula is a devastating birth injury that befalls many of the women who narrowly escape maternal death following obstructed labor. Women who suffer from fistula can have their lives…

Young Champion Hellen Koltolo recently appeared on health-e’s TV unit in South Africa to discuss her work in preventing mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT). During the segment, she discussed how mothers can transmit HIV/AIDS to their…