Archive: Sep 2014

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health In a landmark decision, the World Bank, the United States, and governments of Canada and Norway announced at the 69th UN General Assembly their…

The death of a woman in pregnancy or childbirth is a tragedy. Yet the tragedy is not only her absence, but how her absence impacts her family and community. Join us on Tuesday, October 7th, as we support the event “Women’s Lives…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Skilled birth attendants are one of the most effective tools to decreasing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. Although many women do not…

By: Graciela Salvador-Davila, Senior Advisor for Maternal and Newborn Health, Pathfinder International; Rebecca Herman, Communications Specialist, Pathfinder International This post is part of the Maternal and Newborn Integration Blog…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Next week the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), along with other global experts, will gather in Cape Town at the Third Global Symposium on Health…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health We can count today as a victory for women around the world. Today the World Health Organization (WHO) released the consensus statement “Prevention…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health This post is part of the Maternal and Newborn Integration Blog Series, which shares themes of and reactions to the “Integration of…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health This post is part of the Maternal and Newborn Integration Blog Series, which shares themes of and reactions to the “Integration of Maternal and…

By: Niyi Osamiluyi, Founder/CEO, Premier Medical Systems Nigeria, Ltd. This post is part of the Maternal and Newborn Integration Blog Series, which shares themes of and reactions to the “Integration of Maternal and Newborn Health: In Pursuit of Quality”…

At the end of August and at the beginning of this month we featured an interview with Cris Alonso, Director of the Luna Maya birth center in Chiapas, Mexico. Here she shares with us her insights on the broader maternal health environment – from obstetric…