Archive: Oct 2011

By: Dr. Ann Blanc, Director, MHTF I left the recent Maternal Health Buzz meeting with a lot of ideas and inspirations, a few frustrations, and many questions. One thread that I was very happy to see running throughout the discussions at the meeting was…

By: Josh Nesbit, Co-Founder and CEO, Medic Mobile The retreat made me feel like a vetted member of the maternal health knowledge and action community. It was much different than attending a conference; rather than presenting solutions immediately…

This week on the MHTF blog: Janna Oberdorf on expanding the maternal health community An upcoming Maternal Health Policy Dialogue with the Wilson Center and APHRC The MHTF Buzz Meeting in photos Learning from other international movements …

As Janna Oberdorf wrote previously on the MHTF blog, much of the discussion on the first day of the MHTF Buzz Meeting surrounded the question of whether or not there is a maternal health movement. The general consensus seems to be that if there is not…

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The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Environmental Change & Security Program, and Africa Program, in coordination with the Maternal Health Task Force, UNFPA, and African Population & Health Research Center invite you to a…

By: Janna Oberdorf, Director of Communications and Outreach, Women Deliver At the end of the two and a half days of the MHTF Buzz meeting, my brain is certainly buzzing with ideas, thoughts, and more than anything – questions. The goal of the meeting was…

This week on the MHTF blog Day 1 recap of the Buzz Meeting Day 2 recap of the Buzz Meeting Day 3 recap of the Buzz Meeting Is there a maternal health movement? Some reading for the weekend PBS NewsHour takes a look at mhealth The…

The third day of the MHTF Buzz Meeting was led in large part by five of the Young Champions of Maternal Health. The purpose of their session was for the meeting participants to come up with a fifth burning question about the current state of maternal…

The second day of the MHTF Buzz meeting continued the conversation to cover topics like community interventions, addressing short-term fixes versus long-term system changes, and how to accelerate progress in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. …