Archive: 2011

By: Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, MHTF With 2,000 people trying to access a limited Hilton wi-fi service, it was a struggle to get and then keep a connection on Day 2 at NTEN 2011. It severely undermined our ability to live-tweet during…

By: Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, MHTF Almost 2,000 people converged in Washington D.C. today to attend the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. The conference, which runs today through Saturday, brings together professionals in…

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. MHTF is supporting their project, Measuring Economic Impact of Maternal Morbidity. More information on MHTF supported…

We’re heading down to Washington today to attend the Non-Profit Technology Conference (NTC) hosted by NTEN. Be sure to check back here and on Twitter for updates on what’s going on. In fact, some of the sessions and plenaries can be viewed…

 Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, the United Nations Population Fund, and PATH for a discussion of:   Innovations From Development to Delivery: Working With the Private…

By: Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University The following was originally posted on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission. Before 2000, few organizations concerned…

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). The case study come from their project, Working on Integration Issues of HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health, which the MHTF is supporting.…

The Global Health Metrics and Evaluation 2011 Conference is underway in Seattle, continuing until Wednesday. Measuring maternal mortality was a topic of discussion today at the conference. You can read the abstracts via The Lancet (download the…

We mentioned last week that a second MHTF subawardee, mothers2mothers, was going to be featured on Good Morning America on ABC. The feature was scheduled for this morning, however, due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the airing has been delayed.…

Raji Mohanam and I will be heading to Washington, D.C. later this week to attend the Non-Profit Technology Conference. We’ll be attending sessions on mapping, mobile strategies and other innovations for non-profit organizations. Look for blogs,…