Archive: 2014

USAID, in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the MCHIP and Evidence to Action Project (E2A) are now accepting abstracts for possible inclusion as individual presentations or preformed panels at the upcoming…

The MHTF and our partners at UNFPA and the Wilson Center are convening Maternal Health and HIV: Global Priorities for Research and Action, the latest in the ongoing MH Dialogues series today at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. The dialogue will…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant In an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the partners behind the Saving Mothers Giving Life (SMGL) initiative presented the results of the first year of the initiative in eight…

By: Natalie Ramm, Communications Coordinator, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative USAID sent out a press release yesterday announcing the award of the Fistula Care Plus Project to EngenderHealth and the Population Council. We, at the…

With HIV contributing to one- quarter of maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a critical need ensure that both health systems and social dynamics shape quality and use of HIV and maternal health care services. Next Monday, January 13, the…

By: Allison Ettenger, Program Manager, Jacaranda Health; Grace Lesser, Knowledge Manager, Jacaranda Health Jacaranda Health, a social enterprise, has been providing affordable, high-quality maternal and newborn health care for over two years in Kenya.…

By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative WHO has released new Recommendations on Postnatal Care of the Mother and Newborn. This publication replaces an edition from 1998, and provides guidelines on…