Archive: Aug 2011

Increasing access to modern contraceptive methods is a priority in many countries. However, how best to reach women and provide family planning is not always clear. A new report from MEASURE Evaluation suggests that maternal health services, particularly…

With the deadline of 2015 for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) fast approaching, many people are discussing the possibilities for global frameworks after 2015. We discussed the topic on GlobalMama, and Women Deliver is running a series of posts…

Last week, Rajiv Shah, the USAID Administrator, wrote a piece for the Huffington Post about Saving Lives at Birth, a topic we covered earlier on the blog. Shah writes: Grand Challenges are designed to mobilize the world’s brightest thinkers,…

This week on the MHTF blog: Margaret Catley-Carlson kicked off our WASH for Mothers series Haitian women are crossing into the DR to access care Grace Kodindo wrote about the importance of clean water for pregnancy Anangu Rajasingham…

By: Emily Hsu, EngenderHealth The following post originally appeared on EngenderHealth’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. Governments have a human rights obligation to guarantee women’s access to timely and nondiscriminatory…

By: Anangu Rajasingham, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The following post is part of a series of posts exploring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and maternal health. It is written by Anangu Rajasingham from the US Centers for Disease…

The following post is part of a series of posts exploring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and maternal health. It is written by Grace Kodindo, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Chad, currently serving as RAISE Medical and Advocacy Advisor at…

Today’s Washington Post draws attention to an influx of mothers seeking care after crossing a border into an already strained health system. According to the report, each year, and especially since the 2010 earthquake, thousands of Haitian women…

By: Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of the Board of the Crop Diversity Trust, and the Foresight Advisory Committee for Group Suez Environment The following post is part of a series of posts, WASH for Mothers, exploring water, sanitation, and hygiene…

This week on the MHTF blog: An excerpt from Women Deliver’s Beyond 2015 series C-sections are on the rise in Iraq We announced our upcoming “WASH for Mothers” series Nick Pearson discussed the launch of Jacaranda Health …