Archive: Apr 2012

According to a recent post on the RH Vouchers Blog, a new study in Health Policy and Planning , Community-level impact of the reproductive health vouchers programme on service utilization in Kenya, suggests that a recent voucher program was…

The MEASURE DHS project provides ready-made teaching modules on the use of Demographic and Health Survey reports to inform health programs and policies. The modules were designed for African Universities as well as public health program staff–…

Today is World Malaria Day! The theme for this year’s World Malaria Day is “Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria.” A recent report from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation showed that deaths from malaria are declining, but the…

The US Government is currently (April 24th-25th) convening an Evidence Summit on Enhancing Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services through Financial Incentives in Washington DC. The Evidence Summit is part of a week of maternal health…

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is hosting an event today, Learning From Success: Ministers of Health Discuss Accelerating Progress in Maternal Survival, that will bring together Ministers of Health of Afghanistan, Cambodia, the…

In 2009, the Maternal Health Task Force partnered with Ashoka to launch the first ever international fellowship focused specifically on maternal health. We called it the Young Champions of Maternal Health.  Ifeyinwa Madu Egwaoje, a young woman from…

This Friday, April 20th, our colleagues at IntraHealth are bringing together “thought leaders, inventors, industry greats, tech superstars, multi-disciplinary entrepreneurs, academics, crisis responders, innovators, brand-makers, communication…

Global Health Strategies is looking for a Reproductive Health Manager to work with the firm’s senior staff and consultants to develop and implement advocacy and communications strategies for Global Health Strategies’ clients. Clip from the…

By: Shafia Rashid, Family Care International There is ample evidence illustrating that the health of a woman and her newborn baby are intimately connected. We know that: most maternal and newborn deaths are caused by the mother’s poor health before…

MANDATE (Maternal and Neonatal Directed Assessment of Technology), a project of RTI International, has developed a series of technology briefs that provide extensive information about a number of technologies in use (and under development) to prevent,…