Archive: 2012

In an article, China one-child policy leads to forced abortions, mothers’ deaths, published on June 15th, Barbara Demick writes about the issue of forced abortions and sterilizations in the rural countryside of China. Enforcement of…

By: Bill Brieger, Senior Malaria Specialist, JHPIEGO This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. This post was originally posted on Malaria Matters. While we have seen a push for universal…

By: Gary Darmstadt and Wendy Prosser, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This post was originally posted on Impatient Optimists. With almost 200 million people living in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, a state more populous than the entire country…

By: Kate Teela, Erin Shutes, France Donnay and David Brandling-Bennett, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. By 2015, the Government of Nigeria aims for…

Guest post contributed by our colleagues at the Countdown to 2015 initiative Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6 million in 2010. Some of the…

By: Elaine Roman, Malaria Team Leader, MCHIP This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, malaria in pregnancy (MIP) programs are at a crossroads. While many…

In the comment section of the latest issue of the Lancet, several articles discuss current progress toward improving the health of women and children. The authors of Building a future for women and children offer interesting insight into the fourth…

By: Dr. Sylla Thiam, Malaria Programme Lead, AMREF This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. Pregnant women living in malaria-endemic regions are particularly vulnerable to the disease because…

Rahim Kanani, Manager of the “Common Good” column at Forbes, recently interviewed Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), about the new report highlighting major declines in maternal…

This post is part of a blog series on Malaria in Pregnancy. To view the entire series, click here. A couple of months ago, I had the chance to meet again with the members of the Plasmodium Vivax Infection in Pregnancy (PregVax) Consortium in Dehli,…