Archive: 2011

Last week, the Population Reference Bureau released The World’s Women and Girls 2011 Data Sheet. The publication contains interesting findings on domestic violence, household decision making, early marriage and maternal health: The economic…

The Population Association of America Annual Meeting will be taking place later this week in Washington. Sessions with specific focuses on maternal health include “Maternal Mortality: trends and correlates” and “Maternal Mortality: Data…

Recently on the MHTF blog Raji Mohanam wrote about three days at the Non Profit Technology Conference (1, 2, 3) We announced a Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice with PAI Emily Puckart recapped the Maternal Health Policy Dialogue …

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia (CIESAS). MHTF is supporting their project, Evaluation of ALSO Program. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found…

The following is part of a series of project updates from mothers2mothers. MHTF is supporting their project, Using Cell Phones in PMTCT. More information MHTF supported projects can be found here. mothers2mothers (m2m) continues to explore integrating…

We have a new post up today on our Medscape blog GlobalMama on new Bangladesh MMR numbers, misoprostol and PPH. In order to view the post, you must register for a free account on Medscape.

A new series, Birthrights, is available on Al Jazeera English that explores maternal health throughout the world. From AJE: Maternal health is about more than just mothers and babies. Across the globe the very business of delivering life into the…

By: Emily Puckart, Senior Program Assistant, MHTF Presenters at the recent Woodrow Wilson International Center Policy Dialogue highlighted a number of viewpoints and experiences in the nonprofit and private sector working to address a variety of health…

By: Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, MHTF The 2011 NTEN conference came to an end on Saturday and I came away with a lot to think about. It’s going to take a few days to digest and share all the interesting information from the conference.…

By: Jess Bernstein, Project Manager, RH Supplies, Population Action International The MHTF is proud to launch, with Population Action International, the Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice. Why a Community of Practice for Maternal Health…