Archive: 2014

By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the “Manifesto for Maternal Health”—co-authored by Ana Langer, Richard Horton, and Guerino Chalamilla—the…

The Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM) working group met in January 2014 to continue the ongoing discussion of maternal mortality targets, post-2015 and the end of the Millennium Development Goals. The group has issued a communiqué, providing…

Family Care International (FCI), along with Gynuity Health Projects, is working towards increasing access and availability of life-saving treatments to prevent post-partum hemorrhage (PPH). Their undertaking to reduce PPH has been bolstered by…

By Sarah Blake, MHTF Two journals, the American Journal of Public Health and the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health have recently published special issues that compile new research and commentary on maternal health. The articles collected in the…

By: Alison Chatfield, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative; Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative The past year has seen a great deal of momentum around the Every…

It is with very heavy hearts that we share that Hellen Mammeja Technau, a Maternal Health Young Champion, passed away unexpectedly last weekend.  She was a South African midwife, whose passion for helping those less fortunate and her ability to…

By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative On Thursday, Dr. Ana Langer (Maternal Health Task Force) and Dr. Jonathon Quick (Management Sciences for Health) will participate in a policy dialogue,…

Next Thursday, February 20th, the Woodrow Wilson Center will be hosting an event on Improving Maternal Health Through Universal Health Coverage, where the speakers will present evidence from Afghanistan, Mexico, Rwanda, and Thailand, which: …

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The United Nations ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report, launched today by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin, offers a global review of progress toward the groundbreaking 1994…

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…