Archive: 2011

By: Faisal Siraj, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Faisal Siraj, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. He will be blogging about his…

By: Anna Dion, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Anna Dion, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about her…

This week on the MHTF blog: We wrote about the connection between malaria and maternal health A film about maternal health will be featured by The Economist Film Project Reports from a hospital in Libya More on stillbirths from The Lancet …

We’ve written before on GlobalMama (free registration required) about the mental health aspect of maternal health and how mental health is missing from the global health agenda. The recent Lancet stillbirth series should bring the issue of maternal…

Earlier this month, The Lancet published a series on stillbirths to shed light on a health issue that is often ignored. Many of the causes of stillbirth also can lead to poor maternal outcomes, and many of the solutions and interventions to address…

Maternal health in post-conflict or post-crisis settings is a topic that we’ve discussed here on the blog before. However, it is often hard to find data, or even anecdotal, that explains how mothers are impacted by an unfolding crisis. Reports from…

From The Economist: New York, NY–The Economist Film Project, which presents documentary films that reflect the types of issues The Economist is known for covering, announced today that The Edge of Joy will be the initiative’s debut film.…

Today is World Malaria Day. As with many other health issues, such as neglected tropical diseases, HIV/AIDS, and nutrition, there are intricate links between malaria and maternal health. A 2010 paper by Dellicour et al. estimates that over 50 million…

This week on the MHTF blog: We posted about an upcoming USAID Maternal Health Technical Series We commented on the World Bank-IMF Global Monitoring Report There was a Maternal Health Policy Dialogue on accessing care in urban slums Mama was…

The World Health Organization (WHO) published this week some chapters of the World Medicines Situation Report 2011. According to the WHO: The third edition of the World Medicines Situation Report brings together new data on 24 key topics relating to…