Archive: 2011

You are invited to the first meeting of the Maternal Health Supplies Working Group Convened by Population Action International   Supported by the Maternal Health Task Force   April 28-29, 2011 | 10am-4pm   Population…

We have a new post up on our Medscape blog, GlobalMama. The post, “Lies, Damn Lies and Maternal Mortality Estimates” looks at success at reducing maternal mortality ratios even though many countries are not on track to achieve MDG 5: …

 Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, the United Nations Population Fund and the African Population & Health Research Center for a discussion of:   Accessing Maternal Health…

This week on the MHTF blog: The Young Champions of Maternal Health wrote about their projects MHTF Director Ann Blanc has a new paper out on maternal deaths We posted opportunities from the Population Council, Women Deliver and MEASURE…

The MEASURE Evaluation Population & Reproductive Health Associate Award (PRH) is pleased to announce its second call for proposals for its small grants program to increase the evidence base in family planning (FP). The primary objectives of this…

“Women Bloggers Deliver” will award two female bloggers with a trip to Kenya to learn about clean water and women in development   6 April 2011, New York – Women Deliver, in partnership with Vestergaard Frandsen, announced today the launch…

We’ve mentioned before the Birthrights series on Al Jazeera English, which is “exploring maternal health and the power, politics and poverty that impacts it around the world.” In addition to the series Riz Khan has discussed maternal…

John A. Ross of the Futures Group and MHTF Director Ann K. Blanc recently published a decomposition analysis of maternal deaths based on data published last year by the UN and Hogan et al. The paper notes that despite an increase in female populations of…

From the Population Council: The Mexico office of the Population Council is pleased to announce that the Fourth Research Meeting on Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion: Public Health Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in…

By: María Laura Casalegno, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by María Laura Casalegno, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be…