Archive: May 2013

By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative The Lancet has published a special issue, focused on maternal health, that comes just before the third Women Deliver conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur,…

By: Samantha Lattof, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Despite encouraging progress, coverage of malaria control efforts among pregnant women remains low. Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) continues to be a…

Guest post by Fistula Care.  With just 1 midwife for every 1000 live births, Sierra Leone needs a twelve-fold increase in its midwifery workforce to ensure full coverage of maternal and newborn health services.  It is tempting to focus…

By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative On May 12th, NPR ran a story, C-Sections Deliver Cachet For Wealthy Brazilian Women, that explores the extraordinary numbers of Cesarean deliveries occurring…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant PBS is in the midst of publishing a ten-part blog series exploring the connections between between mobile technology and health in Africa. In its latest post, the series highlights the Mobile Alliance for Maternal…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant This year, as the family health team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation undertakes its annual strategy review, its members are contributing to the Family Health Check Up blog series. In…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The Wilson Center Comparative Urban Studies Project is hosting an discussion on May 14 to mark the launch of Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World, the latest edition of the…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant As we noted last week, PLOS Medicine launched a new collection on May 7, Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.The collection compiles evidence related to tools and indicators for…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Surviving the First Day, this year’s edition of Save the Children’s annual State of the World’s Mothers report is now available. As in past years, this edition features an updated version of the Mothers’ Index, a…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The International Day of the Midwife was marked yesterday, May 5. The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) hosted the Virtual Day of the Midwife, a 24-hour series of presentations to mark the date. Midwives,…