Archive: 2011

Grand Challenges: Saving Lives at Birth

By: Celia Pett, Medical Associate, EngenderHealth A needle-free non-refrigerated aerosol formulation of oxytocin for treatment of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), a low-cost portable newborn respiratory support unit, and an ingenious device for facilitating…

2011 Mobile Health (mHealth) Winter Institute

Enhancing health through the use of mobile technologies December 5-9, 2011, Washington DC in conjunction with the 2011 mHealth Summit Using mobile technologies to more rapidly and accurately assess and modify behavior, biological states and…

"Integration" and Maternal Health

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF This is the third post by Emily Puckart on “Maternal Health Challenges in Kenya: What New Research Shows.” Read the first and the second. Integration is a word I hear quite often in the maternal…

USAID Technical Series: Prevention and Management of PPH and PE/E

Yesterday afternoon, a group of maternal health practitioners met at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. Dr. Jeffrey M. Smith of MCHIP gave a presentation on a report he co-authored called “Prevention and Management of Postpartum…

Ugandan Maternal Deaths in the NYT

Recently, The New York Times featured a piece on free health care in Sierra Leone for mothers and children. Maternal health had another prominent space in The Times last weekend with a discussion of maternal deaths in Uganda, which have led to a lawsuit…

Misoprostol for Postpartum Hemorrhage: From Evidence to Action

By: Shafia Rashid, Senior Program Officer, Global Advocacy, Family Care International The following was originally posted on FCI’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. Around the corner from the New York Stock Exchange, where financial…

Cash Transfer Series Round-Up

Recently, on the MHTF blog, we have been focusing a number of posts on cash transfer schemes, particularly Janani Suraksha Yojana in India, that promote maternal health. We received a number of posts people on the ground in India on the success, failures…

Reproductive Health in Conflict Settings

During conflicts and displacement, the need for reproductive health services does not disappear. A new paper in BMC Health and Conflict reports on baseline findings from surveys of women in conflict settings in Uganda, Sudan, and the DRC. The authors…

The NYT highlights Sierra Leone's financing scheme

The New York Times described experiences of mothers and health workers since Sierra Leone instituted a scheme to provide free health care to pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under the age of 5. The inability to pay is often cited as a main…

Can Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Be Eliminated?

The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is a major health challenge and one that is addressed by an MHTF-supported project at mothers2 mothers. According to AVERT, “Without treatment, around 15-30 percent of babies born to…