Archive: 2011

This week on the MHTF blog: Joy Lawn wrote about neonatal mortality in Africa We announced our upcoming move to the Harvard School of Public Health mothers2mothers updated us on their PMTCT project CIESAS began analyzing their data Some…

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. Implementation of mothers2mothers’ active client…

Dear MHTF friends and colleagues, During the past three years, the MHTF has built vital connections among maternal health initiatives and engaged global and national experts to pinpoint problems facing the maternal health community and identify…

A new three-year, $12 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) effort to significantly improve maternal health in developing countries. The project will be led by Dr. Ana Langer,…

By: Joy Lawn, Director Global Evidence and Policy, Saving Newborn Lives-Save the Children-US The following post originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission If you were born today in Africa, you would…

This week on the MHTF blog: What to do after 2015? Antenatal and postnatal care as a way to address family planning? New estimates of neonatal mortality An update on knowledge translation from ICDDR,B Some reading for the weekend …

The following is part of a series of project updates from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). The MHTF is supporting their project, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Translation in Bangladesh. More information on…

By: Mikkel Oestergaard and Colin Mathers, World Health Organization The following post originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission. Where you are born matters tremendously for your risk of dying within…

Increasing access to modern contraceptive methods is a priority in many countries. However, how best to reach women and provide family planning is not always clear. A new report from MEASURE Evaluation suggests that maternal health services, particularly…