Archive: Feb 2012

Women Deliver will be providing a number of scholarships for Women Deliver 2013. The process has begun with the Youth Scholarship application, and the general scholarship will be available soon as well.   From our colleagues at Women…

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF BRAC’s Manoshi project works to establish a community-based health program in urban slum areas of Bangladesh in order to reduce maternal and child mortality. In May 2010, BRAC instituted a mHealth project…

Although mobile phone penetration is incredibly high, even in poor countries, there is concern that mobile based interventions may not be able to reach the poorest of the poor. While looking at M-PESA, a mobile money program in Kenya, Jamie M. Zimmerman…

This week on the MHTF blog: HSPH graduate students Annie Kearns and Megan Loucks wrote about their winter session placements with MHTF partners Some job and internship opportunities in maternal health A new film about vouchers for maternal…

A recent post on Impatient Optimists by Gary Darmstadt and Vishwajeet Kumar addressed the question, “Can newborn health care help mothers, too?” They wrote about a recent study, Community-driven impact of a newborn-focused behavioral…

By: Megan Loucks, MPH Candidate, Harvard School of Public Health Over the first three weeks of January, several Harvard School of Public Health graduate students took part in the Field Experience in Maternal Health winter session, organized by…

Kadi – Saving Mothers and Babies, One Voucher at a Time from Gobee Group on Vimeo.   As part of Social Media Week next week, a new film about vouchers for maternal health will be screened in New York. The film explores a Population…

Over the past couple of weeks, our team has noticed a number of exciting opportunities posted on the web to work on projects relating to maternal health around the world—ranging from internships to full time positions. See below for a number of…

By: Annie Kearns, MSc Candidate, Harvard School of Public Health Over the first three weeks of January, several Harvard School of Public Health graduate students took part in the Field Experience in Maternal Health winter session, organized by…

This week on the MHTF blog: HSPH students Hannah Ratcliffe and Elena Chopyak write about their experiences with MHTF partners during the Winter Session Submit your nominations for the Women Deliver 50 Maternal health articles in the February…