Archive: Apr 2013

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Our colleagues at IDEAS are currently recruiting for a student intern: IDEAS (Informed Decisions for Actions) aims to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies through generating evidence to inform…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The MHTF is pleased to announce the launch of our latest MHTF-PLOS Maternal Health Collection on the theme Maternal Health is Women’s Health.  The collection includes 12 initial research articles…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Between March 8, International Women’s Day, and Mothers’ Day on May 8, the Global Mom Relay, is using social media to connect and mobilize support for the  UN’s Every Woman Every Child campaign to…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Our colleagues at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) MARCH Centre are holding an event to launch the new exhibit, “Towards happier birth days” next Tuesday, April 23. From the exhibit…

By: Charlotte Warren, Associate, Population Council The Heshima Project in Kenya is currently undertaking a three-pronged approach to addressing disrespect and abuse during facility based childbirth – at policy, facility and community levels.…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The 2013 International Conference on Family Planning, which will be held from 12-15 November in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is accepting submissions of abstracts. However, the deadline is quickly approaching. From the call…

Along with the respectful maternity care guest blog series, the MHTF has launched a new resource page on respectful care. The page provides an overview of the major concerns for efforts to humanize care during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as links…

By: Kari A. Radoff, CNM, Clinical Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Midwives of Boston Medical Center Childbearing women around the globe are confronted with harsh environments in which to…

We are pleased to announce that the next event in the Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center, UNFPA and the MHTF will be held April 18 from noon to 2pm at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. The dialogue…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant A blog post published over the weekend in The Guardian describes one effort to use mobile technologies, specifically handheld GPS-enabled devices, to collect evidence on the distribution of health facilities. The project…