Archive: 2013

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The MHTF is packing up and heading to Malaysia for the Women Deliver conference May 28-30. Women Deliver conferences always provides a unique forum for advocates, donors, researchers, programmers and policy makers to come…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The Lancet has published a new series on health transitions in Pakistan with a focus on four priority issues for Pakistan’s health system: First, the country’s performance and future after the 18th amendment to…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The 66th World Health Assembly convened today, May 20 with addresses and discussions focused on the post-2015 global development agenda. The Assembly runs through May 28, and will feature numerous discussions and…

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…