Archive: 2011

Senior Program Officer Opening at the Gates Foundation

Position Title Senior Program Officer – Neonatal Health Division Global Health Program Department Family Health Location Seattle Foundation Overview Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates…

ECSP Program Associate at the Wilson Center

Employment @ The Wilson Center Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program Announcement number: WC-11-09T Download WC-11-09T – PDF OPENING DATE: June 14, 2011 CLOSING DATE: June 22, 2011 SERIES/GRADE: WW-0301-11 ($62,467…

Building Consensus on the Integration of HIV and MH

By: Mohammad Ahsan, CEDPA India The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). The MHTF is supporting their project, Working on Integration Issues of HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health.…

Cash on Delivery? Putting JSY’s Payments in Context

By: Sarah Blake, The following originally appeared on Maternal Mortality Daily. It is reposted here with permission This post is the second in a series on maternal health in the Seraikela block of Jharkhand, India. Janani Suraksha Yojana, or…

10 Years of Increasing Policy Attention for Newborns in Nepal

By: Stephanie Smith, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, University of New Mexico The following piece is the second in a series on generating political priority for newborn health. Read the first. It originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn…

A Breakthrough in mHealth: The First SIM app for Global Health!

By: Raji Mohanam, The MHTF has long been a proponent of mobile health (mHealth) technology and its potential to improve maternal health outcomes.  A MHTF-supported project undertaken by Medic Mobile announced a breakthrough this week at the mHealth…

Between Us (Women)

The following is part of a series of project updates from Future Generations. MHTF is supporting their project, Using Pregnancy Histories to Help Mothers, based in Peru. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found here. Written by: Future…

Weekend Reading

This week on the MHTF blog: A photo essay on maternal health in Afghanistan The Young Champions of Maternal Health reflected on their projects and experiences Kate Mitchell wrote about conditional cash transfers in India Claire Bangser…