Archive: 2013

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…

By: Becky Auerbach, Special Projects Fellow, Jacaranda Health At Jacaranda Health, we are working to build a model of maternity care that is more respectful and mother-centered. In a health system where respect is not the norm, its contribution to…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Today, April 5, marks the beginning of the 1000 day countdown to the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon sums up the current situation as follows: In the last…

By: Mande Limbu, Maternal Health Technical Advisor, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood In low resource countries like Rwanda, disrespect and abuse during maternity care is often linked to poor status and working conditions of health workers. As…

By: Kathleen McDonald, Senior Program Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative The final plenary of the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013 (GMHC2013) in Arusha, Tanzania struck a nerve. The expert panel presented evidence of…