Archive: 2013

By: Sara Buzadzhi, Communications Consultant, Health and Development Foundation I was recently able to view several sessions from the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013 online, and was particularly interested to hear about the maternal health texting…

By: Jim Campbell, Director, Instituto de Cooperacion Social Integrare based in Barcelona, Spain The Global Maternal Health Conference in Arusha, Tanzania had many highlights, including the closing plenary presentation from Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla ( watch…

By: Lauren Herzer, Wilson Center This post is cross-posted on New Security Beat. Ten years ago, a study was conducted in Mozambique to determine the impact of a new medicine for pregnant women with malaria. Over 1,000 women participated in…

By: Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers This is a quick reminder to encourage you to fill out our survey on barriers to appropriate use of essential maternal health technologies before the deadline on February 8. The survey should take…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Last weekend, The New York Times featured an op-ed by journalist Sam Loewenberg on research published last summer in PLOS Medicine, “Community Mobilization in Mumbai Slums to Improve Perinatal…

By: Mariam Claeson, France Donnay and Melanie Walker, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This post is cross-posted from Impatient Optimists. Although it was intended to create space for the maternal health community to get together to discuss…

By: Girija Sankar, Director of Haiti Programs, Senior Program Manager, Global Health Action Over 2000 abstracts were submitted to the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013. Eventually, around 800 delegates from all around the world presented papers…

By: Dr. Nosa Orobaton, Chief of Party, Nigeria Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP), JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. This post is cross-posted from The Pump. Did you know that nearly 20 percent of all births in Nigeria occur…

By: Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers I recently returned from the Global Maternal Health Conference and have now had a chance to reflect on a fantastic week of high-energy, detailed discussions of how to deliver quality care for…

By: Karen Beattie, Director of Fistula Care and Associate Vice President of EngenderHealth This post is cross-posted from the EngenderHealth website. Reflections from a lifelong global women’s health advocate on the closing ceremony of the Global…