Archive: Nov 2012

By: Jocalyn Clark, Senior Magazine Editor, PLOS Medicine We are delighted to announce the theme for year 2 of our Maternal Health Collection, a partnership between PLOS and the Maternal Health Task Force at Harvard School of Public Health. We invite…

Apply today! The Young Champions of Maternal Health program is now seeking a Young Champion of Maternal Health in Mexico! To reduce maternal mortality and morbidity over the long-term, emerging public health leaders need to be equipped with the…

The International Herald Tribune, the New York Times’ global edition, recently ran a number of stories in the Female Factor section of the IHT that explore educational and professional opportunities and challenges for women across Asia. One…

In honor of International Day to End Violence Against Women, Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, shared a piece, We Can Only End Violence Against Women Together, on the Huffington Post. From…

On November 9th, PLOS ONE published an article, Maternal Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination and Neonatal Mortality in Rural North India, that examines the impact of antenatal vaccination in rural northern India, a setting with persistent high neonatal…

On November 2nd, the Economist published an article, Out of the Basket, that explores reasons for progress in a country they describe as one of the most intriguing puzzles in development: Bangladesh. From the story: City states apart, it is the…

The African Union has launched a new website for its Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality in Africa (CARMMA). According to the press release about the new site, the site aims to promote maternal and…

Our colleagues at K4Health recently published a technical brief, The Intersection of Knowledge Management and Health Systems Strengthening: Implications from the Malawi Knowledge for Health Demonstration Project, that explores the integration of…

A new study, The consequences of unintended births for maternal and child health in India, published in Population Studies: A Journal of Demography, uses data from the Indian National Family Health Survey to look into the relationship between…

BMJ Open published an article, Access to facility delivery and caesarean section in north-central Liberia: a cross-sectional community-based study, that explores the motives of women who seek and those who do not…