Archive: Aug 2014

By: Stephen Hodgins, Senior Technical Advisor, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force What some propose Most maternal and newborn deaths…

By: Carrie Ngongo, Field Projects Manager, EngenderHealth We typically think of genitourinary fistula as tragic birth injury, resulting from the death of soft tissue during obstructed labor without timely medical intervention. Most fistulas are…

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. Over the past year, the Maternal Health Task Force…

Jamaican Midwife Victoria Melhado This post is part of our “Supporting the Human in Human Resources” blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and Jacaranda Health. Katja Iversen is the CEO of Women Deliver, a global…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health As I’ve read through the excellent guest posts of “Supporting the Human in Human Resources” series, I’ve often thought, “Yes, we need well-trained…

By: Janet Matemu, Technology Manager, Jacaranda Health; Shalmali Radha Karnad, Clinical Programs Manager, Jacaranda Health This post is part of our “Supporting the Human in Human Resources” blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task…

By: Natalie Ramm, Communications Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative There are an estimated 50,000 deaths a year from eclampsia. In a recent presentation, “Promoting Improvements in Maternal Morality in Nigeria,” Judith…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health This week is World Breastfeeding Week! At the MHTF, we love breastfeeding because it not only saves lives, but is also a great example of maternal…

By: Alice Irene Whittaker-Cumming, Executive Director, Mother Nature Partnership Alice Irene Whittaker-Cumming The language that we use is important. The words that we choose to communicate our ideas reveal where our priorities are, and they inform…

By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative; Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has been identified as…