Archive: Feb 2011

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 his…

The Young Champions of Maternal Health have continued to contribute blogs on their progress implementing projects with Ashoka Fellows around the world. This month, the Young Champions share their insights into topics as diverse as striving toward…

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

This blog post was contributed by María Laura Casalegno, 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 experience every month, and you can learn…

This week on the MHTF blog: Lisa Russell wrote about artists in Tanzania Pape Gaye and Family Planning in West Africa Take a survey about our interactive maps Some reading for the weekend A discussion of task-shifting in the New York…

By: Pape Gaye, President and CEO, IntraHealth International The following was originally posted on the IntraHealth International blog. Reposted here with permission. Cliquez ici pour lire le blog en français. Earlier this month, I was in Ouagadougou,…

By: Lisa Russell, Documentary Filmmaker and Co-Founder, MDGFive.com As a documentary filmmaker who creates films with UN/NGO agencies, I get the luxury of walking in two distinct worlds. The socially conscious creative world and the…

The 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women is underway at UN headquarters in New York and will run through March 4th. The proceedings began yesterday with the focus on “Access and participation of women and girls in education,…

At the MHTF, we’re always working to improve the experience of users on our site to ensure that you are able to find what you want, when you want it. To that end, we’ve created a survey about our Interactive Maps to help us learn how…

This week on the MHTF blog: Ann Starrs wrote an update about the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health Samantha Lattof discussed the development of an intra-partum stillbirth indicator An…