Archive: 2012

From our colleagues at Catapult: Catapult.org Launches First Crowdfunding Site Focused on Equality for Girls and Women New York, NY, October 11, 2012 – Today, on International Day of the Girl Child, global advocacy organization Women Deliver…

The Maternal Health Task Force is delighted to announce that the application process for the second cohort of Young Champions of Maternal Health is now open! Applications are currently being accepted from candidates from Ethiopia, India, and Nigeria. …

By: Amy Boldosser, Director, Global Advocacy Program, Family Care International Family Care International was proud to partner with Merck for Mothers and Women Deliver to host a stimulating and provocative discussion on The Role of Private Providers in…

By: Jason Rosenberg, Chief Operating Officer, Jibon Health Technologies Jibon Health Technologies is a social enterprise startup that I co-founded along with four biomedical engineers from Columbia University. Our project, which was the culmination of a…

On September 29th, The Lancet published a commentary, Women’s and children’s health: no time for complacency, by Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet. The commentary describes discrepancies between research groups that estimate maternal and…

Our colleagues at MCHIP recently completed the 2nd annual survey of national programs aimed at managing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (PE/E). The survey included countries from several regions and focused on USAID priority…

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…