Archive: Jul 2012

PLoS ONE recently published a paper, Effect of Early Detection and Treatment on Malaria Related Maternal Mortality on the North-Western Border of Thailand 1986–2010, describing research that showed frequent antenatal clinic screening on the north-western…

According to the Healthy Newborn Network, Health Policy and Planning recently published a supplement, A Decade of Change for Newborn Survival, that shares a multi-country analysis of the changes in newborn care and survival from…

Yesterday, Impatient Optimists published a post titled, How 15,000 Midwives Will Save Mothers’ Lives, that describes a new project by AMREF, the African Medical & Research Foundation, that aims to train 15,000 midwives across several countries…

In an article titled Women Need More Health in AIDS Battle, Experts Say, the Huffington Post reports on recent conversations at the International AIDS Conference about the need for more focused efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS among women, with…

BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth recently published a commentary titled, Overcoming phase 1 delays: the critical component of obstetric fistula prevention programs in resource-poor countries that discusses fistula prevention in developing countries and…

GMHC2013 is a technical conference for scientists, researchers, and policy-makers to network, share knowledge, and build on progress toward eradicating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity by improving quality of care. The conference is…

In a piece titled, Global AIDS conference rally calls for cheaper medicines, more funding, the Washington Post reports on the first day of the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. From the piece: As in all these meetings, the opening…

In the maternal health community, we often decry a lack of good data, which is often echoed by others working on a number of women’s issue. In order to address some of these data gaps, the U.S. government and the World Bank have launched…

Leading up to the19th International AIDS Conference that will take place in Washington D.C. from 22-27 July 2012, UNAIDS released a new report, Together We Will End AIDS, yesterday showing that “as international funding flattens, more countries are…

PLoS Medicine recently published a systematic review that explores the effectiveness of emergency obstetric referral interventions in developing country settings. The authors concluded that monitoring of interventions and evaluation of outcomes must be…