Archive: Aug 2014

Luna Maya is a midwife-run birth center in Chiapas, Mexico. It was created in 2004 through a MacArthur Foundation (MAF) statewide initiative to reduce maternal mortality in Chiapas. Despite many years of interventions and investment, the maternal…

By: Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers Do management capacities in clinicians really matter for maternal health? This is a key question that MSD for Mothers, along with some of its partners, is trying to tackle. MSD for Mothers is a…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Ebola’s victims are not just the people it infects, and eventually kills, but anyone who needs to access the health system in Sierra Leona,…

By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force Our Adding Content to Contact (ACC) project is…

There are a lot of exciting new positions in maternal health that opened up this month. Check out the listing below: CARE: Senior Advisor,Gender Justice ProgramAmman, Jordan The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Senior Program Officer, Maternal…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dr. Ana Langer, Director of the Women and Health Initiative, presents at the meeting Adolescent maternal health, a subject of renewed…

By: Cindil Redick, Communications & Advocacy Advisor, One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign In many parts of rural sub-Saharan Africa, clinics and hospitals are few and far between. A recent report by Save the Children estimates that…

By: Manzi Anatole, Director of Mentorship and Quality Improvement, Partners In Health This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force MESH-QI mentor conducting training on neonatal…

How often do we talk about men when we talk about maternal and newborn health? Not very often. But we know they play an integral role to the health of the mother, newborn, and family. Join a Google+ Hangout with Girls’ Globe, Promundo, MenCare and…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Habiba Shaban Agong (Carol Bales, courtesy of CapacityPlus/IntraHealth International) This week we wrapped up our month-long blog series,…