Archive: Mar 2011

Hello Mzungu, Bye Bye Mzungu

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…

A New Film on Mobile Phones and Obstetric Fistula in Tanzania

The following was originally posted on Lisa Russell’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. In the last seven years of my work as a filmmaker, I’ve filmmed three short stories on a devastating women’s health issue called…

The World's Women and Girls 2011 Data Sheet

Last week, the Population Reference Bureau released The World’s Women and Girls 2011 Data Sheet. The publication contains interesting findings on domestic violence, household decision making, early marriage and maternal health: The economic…

Maternal Health at the PAA Annual Meeting

The Population Association of America Annual Meeting will be taking place later this week in Washington. Sessions with specific focuses on maternal health include “Maternal Mortality: trends and correlates” and “Maternal Mortality: Data…

Weekend Reading

Recently on the MHTF blog Raji Mohanam wrote about three days at the Non Profit Technology Conference (1, 2, 3) We announced a Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice with PAI Emily Puckart recapped the Maternal Health Policy Dialogue …

CIESAS - EmOC in Mexico

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia (CIESAS). MHTF is supporting their project, Evaluation of ALSO Program. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found…

PMTCT in Zambia and Malawi by mothers2mothers

The following is part of a series of project updates from mothers2mothers. MHTF is supporting their project, Using Cell Phones in PMTCT. More information MHTF supported projects can be found here. mothers2mothers (m2m) continues to explore integrating…

Misoprostol and PPH on GlobalMama

We have a new post up today on our Medscape blog GlobalMama on new Bangladesh MMR numbers, misoprostol and PPH. In order to view the post, you must register for a free account on Medscape.

Birthrights on Al Jazeera English

A new series, Birthrights, is available on Al Jazeera English that explores maternal health throughout the world. From AJE: Maternal health is about more than just mothers and babies. Across the globe the very business of delivering life into the…