Archive: Sep 2012

A message from our colleagues at UNFPA: New York, NY—To raise awareness of the urgent needs of pregnant women in emergencies, UNFPA, The United Nations population fund is launching a social media campaign called Safe Birth. Even Here. The campaign…

The Maternal Health Task Force is delighted to participate in an exciting event this afternoon , Saving Lives that Give Life: Preventing Maternal Deaths and Advancing Women’s Health!   The event will be moderated by Lisa Belkin, Senior…

According to the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMNCH), “The 21st Session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council has received a report which aims to help policymakers in improving women’s health and rights by…

Yesterday, the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, part of the Every Woman Every Child initiative, submitted a new plan and set of recommendations to improve access to life-saving health commodities…

Today, the Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report provided a brief summary of the focus on women and children at the United Nations General Assembly. The summary highlights a number of news publications that report on the discussions about…

In a recent post on the Huffington Post Impact blog, Closing the Capacity Gap in Saving Lives at Birth,  Muhammad H. Zaman, Director of the Laboratory of Engineering Education and Development at Boston University, makes the case for the…

By: Jill Sheffield, Founder and President, Women Deliver This post was originally posted on Women Deliver.  While deep into the planning stages of Women Deliver 2010, my phone rang and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s office was on…

On September 27th, our colleagues at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC will convene an event, Preventing Injuries During Childbirth: Programmatic and Policy Recommendations for Addressing Obstetric Fistula and Uterine Prolapse, featuring several…

In a recent post on the Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog, Johanna Ralston, Chief Executive of the World Heart Federation, and Ann Keeling, Chief Executive of the International Diabetes Federation, argue that post-MDG development goals must…

BioMed Central, an open-access publisher, recently issued a call for papers on quality improvement for neonatal care. From the call: Open access publishing has the ability to rapidly communicate medical advances to providers throughout the world.…