Archive: Apr 2014

By: Kathleen McDonald, Senior Program Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative; Natalie Ramm, Communications Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Today, April 11, 2014 is the inaugural International…

Disrespect and abuse during childbirth happens all over the world and at an alarming rate. For example, about half of respondents in a 2012 survey identified lack of privacy, lack of informed consent, and verbal abuse, as examples of disrespect or abuse…

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By: Kelly L’Engle, Behavioral Scientist at Family Health International (FHI) 360; Nick Pearson, Founder and Executive Director at Jacaranda Health mHealth for Maternal Health is an ongoing blog series that aims to share the knowledge and…

By: Dr. Jane Hirst, Nuffield Medical Fellow, University of Oxford As rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes rise around the world, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is becoming increasingly common. GDM is a condition where blood glucose levels in…

By: Julia Dae Rubin, Zanzibar Program Manager, D-TREE International Could you provide an overview of D-TREE’s projects? D-TREE enables community and facility health workers to deliver high quality health care in low and middle income countries by…

By: Bobby Jefferson, Director, Center for Development Informatics, Futures Group International; Gretchen Domek, Global Health Fellow, Colorado School of Public Health; Marc Mitchell, Founder and President of D-TREE International and lecturer on global…

By: Abby Beaudette, MPH; Ashley Thomas, MPH; Caitlin Denning, MPH; Dr. James Wolff, ; Justin Maly, MPH; Marion McNabb, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health Could you give us an overview of your projects in mHealth and/or maternal health? …