Archive: Mar 2013

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Two new studies reported on by The New York Times , document the role that stigma related to HIV/AIDS plays in dissuading women around the world from using health services during pregnancy and at delivery. One study,…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel (HLP) on the post-2015 development agenda met this week in Bali, Indonesia to discuss priorities specifically related to the role of global partnerships. From The Guardian: …

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant On April 4, the Woodrow Wilson Center is hosting “Maternal Health in India: Emerging Priorities,” in three locations: New Delhi, Washington, DC and Boston, as well as online, via a live webcast from 9:00-11:00 AM (EDT). …

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant As part of its Safe Birth. Even Here campaign, UNFPA recently released a new video highlighting the good news: that safe birth is possible even in the most trying of circumstances.  The video, as with the campaign…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The first issue of the Global Health: Science and Practice, a new open access journal that focuses on publishing evidence that supports the improvement of health programs around the world is being launched this month.…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Today, March 22 is World Water Day, an annual UN event that seeks to draw attention to the persistent challenges related to securing clean water for people around the world. As the guest blog series coordinated by WASH…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Earlier this week, The Lancet launched the first call for papers for its new journal, The Lancet Global Health. This is an incredibly exciting development, and promises to further thinking on a variety of major issues,…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla’s address, “A message to the lady of Laetoli” was a major highlight of January’s Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC2013), and we are pleased to announce that video of his remarks is now available…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The MHTF and the journal PLOS currently have a call for papers open for year two of maternal health collection, with the theme “maternal health is women’s health,”and submissions received by April 1 will…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Every year, Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) holds a conference, Scientific Day, to present findings from humanitarian action and assistance programs around the world, as well as prompt discussion…