Archive: 2013

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Today, Evidence for Action launched MamaYe, a campaign that uses digital and mobile phone technology alongside community involvement in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Along with…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant A new article, “Access to essential technologies: a survey of health workers in Africa and Asia,” which was written by Jonathan M Spector, Jonathan Reisman, Stuart Lipsitz, Priya Desai and Atul A…

The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have issued a call for  abstracts for the Third International…

Please take a moment to fill out this survey on the Maternal Health Task Force website.  We’re hoping that the survey will generate some useful insights into who you–our visitors–are, why you visit our website, and how well we are…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Yesterday, in a blog post first published on The Huffington Post, Every Mother Counts Founder Christy Turlington Burns launched a petition asking female members of the U.S. Congress to use their positions to advance…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant A Road Less Travelled, which is a partnership project led by Anglican Overseas Aid, Australia that supports nomadic pastoralists to improve maternal and child health within their communities in Ethiopia and Kenya,…

As The Guardian reported today, Ghana’s GTV will begin airing the “Maternal Health Channel” tonight. Through a series of 30 minute episodes that mix drama and documentary, the Maternal Health Channel will seek to drive home the message that maternal…

A new slideshow of photographs by photographer Nikhol Esteras Roberts and the Global Pediatric Alliance (GPA) follows traditional midwives in Chiapas, Mexico, highlights efforts to connect indigenous women with skilled care at delivery are seriously…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Last week, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) released, Financing for Global Health: The End of the Golden Era? its fourth annual report analyzing trends in Development Assistance for Health (DAH) from…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant President Joyce Banda has made improving maternal health a centerpiece of her Presidency since taking office last spring, and her first “State of the Nation” address is no exception. The speech, which was published…