Archive: Dec 2011

Written by: Alliance for Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health “It is an international scandal that more than 350,000 women die in the developing world every year from complications in pregnancy or child birth that can be easily…

By: James N. Martin, MD, President, ACOG Much of my professional life and many years of clinical research have focused upon the care of pregnant women with one of the “preeclampsias”. It is no surprise then that a major presidential initiative for ACOG…

If you haven’t done so already, please take a few minutes to have your voice heard in a survey on maternal health supplies. Our colleagues at PATH are working to understand the maternal health supplies landscape and the survey’s deadline is…

This week on the MHTF blog Mobiles to promote exclusive breastfeeding Lessons learned form the MoTeCH project in Ghana The launch of the Policy Dialogue Report from the Wilson Center Documentary film explores PMTCT in Zambia Some reading…

A documentary film released earlier this year explores one women’s effort to eradicate AIDS in Zambia: Mutinta’s journey is long and lonely, as the disease still generates fear and mystery in the community. First-time filmmaker Maggie…

In addition to seeing cool gadgets and new uses for technology, one of the most interesting parts of the mHealth Summit has been hearing people’s lessons learned. Allison Stone, MoTeCH project manager, and Maggie Schmitt, project officer, sat down with…

The Ghana Health Service has been implementing a project called Mobile Technology for Community Health (MoTeCH) that has been developing a mobile health information technology system to increase the quality and availability of maternal health care, with…

The World Health Organizations recommends that mothers perform exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of their child’s life. However, although we are learning more about the benefits of EBF, it is on the decline in many countries…

We are at the mHealth Summit this week learning about the many applications of mobile technology to improve health. A number of sessions will be focusing specifically on maternal and child health, and we’ll be posting summaries and analysis of the…

This week on the MHTF blog: Some reflections on the partograph meeting MHTF-PLoS Collection on Maternal Health and Call for Papers The intersection of climate change and maternal health A survey on the maternal health supplies landscape from…