Archive: 2013

By: Dr. Jean Anderson, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Jhpiego; Kelly Curran, Jhpiego, MCHIP; Laura Fitzgerald, Jhpiego, MCHIP Decisions about whether a woman and her partner want to have children, how many they might want to have, and when they might…

In sub-Saharan African settings where HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of maternal mortality, infectious diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, pneumonia, and sepsis have largely surpassed obstetric causes as main causes of maternal mortality.  In a study…

By: Sonia Haerizadeh, Law Fellow, International Community of Women Living with HIV In order to prevent vertical transmission of HIV, it is critical that the perspectives and concerns of women living with HIV are meaningfully considered. Therefore, to…

By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) is pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships for eligible colleagues to attend the International…

By: Jacqueline Kingfield, World Health Partners In India, 212 out of every 100,00 women die in childbirth.  In Uttar Pradesh (UP), India’s largest state where over 200 million people live, this number is almost double – 359 out of every…

By: Alison Chatfield, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for adolescents in much of the developing world, leading us to ask the question:…

By: Staff, Maternal Health Task Force This post is part of a blog series on maternal health, HIV, and AIDS. To view the entire series, click here. Tuesday marked the second day of our technical meeting Maternal health, HIV, and AIDS:…

  This post is part of a blog series on maternal health, HIV, and AIDS. To view the entire series, click here. Today marked the first day of Maternal health, HIV, and AIDS: Examining research through a programmatic lens, a technical…

By: Ann Starrs, President and Co-Founder, Family Care International; France Donnay, Senior Program Officer, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Gary L. Darmstadt, Director of Family Health, Bill & Melinda Gates…

Our colleagues at the Wilson Center Global Health Initiative are hosting a discussion with experts on rights-based maternity care and the intersection with family planning and HIV. The event will take place on June 11th from 3-5pm at the Wilson Center in…