Archive: Feb 2014

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant In this year’s annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates focus on the truth behind three popular “myths” in discussions of global health and development: Poor countries are doomed to stay poor Foreign aid is a big…

By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Maternal health care has historically been viewed in distinct stages: antenatal care, care during labor and delivery, and postpartum care. More recently, the…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant A new report, “Maternal Health from 1985-2013: Hopeful Progress and Enduring Challenges,”  commissioned by the MacArthur Foundation, traces the history of global efforts to define priorities, mobilize action and…

By: Sara Riese, Research Advisor, Translating Research into Action (TRAction) A meeting which brought together implementers and experts in the fields of performance-based incentives, maternal newborn and child health (MNCH), and quality of care (QoC) was…

The WHO recently released a draft version of the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) for public comment. The ENAP addresses progress toward improving newborn survival in recent years, along with persistent challenges for accelerating progress. It also notes…