Archive: Oct 2015

By: Vandana Tripathi, Deputy Director, Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth The Global Maternal and Newborn Health Conference (GMNHC) is an exciting opportunity for all of us to share our experiences and interests across the three conference themes –…

By: Dina Neelofur Khan, Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), World Health Organization As we transition from the MDGs to the SDGs it is imperative to accelerate momentum to improve maternal and child health. An updated Global Strategy…

By: Emily Peca, Technical Advisor, Translating Research into Action (TRAction), University Research Co. LLC The global public health community has made significant gains to date improving maternal and newborn health, but as we approach the post-2015…

By: Leela Khanal, Project Director, Chlorhexidine Navi Care Program,
 JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. The Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference holds for us a unique opportunity to come together and think of how to reach the sustainable…

By: Susan B. Aradeon, International Social and Behavior Change Consultant We failed to meet the MDG target for reducing maternal mortality largely because our indicators were confined to proxy medical solutions (SBA deliveries and ANC attendance). …

By: Harshad Sanghvi, Vice President Innovations and Medical Director, Jhpiego As a public health-oriented OBGYN who has worked in many resource-challenged countries from Afghanistan to Zanzibar championing low-cost innovative strategies to save women’s…

By: Lauri J. Romanzi, Project Director, Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth The 2015 Global Maternal and Newborn Health Conference (GMNHC2015) holds a key position in the definition, design and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals for…

By: Peter Waiswa, Lecturer, Makerere University School of Public Health and Leader, INDEPTH Network Maternal and Newborn Working Group So the Millennium Development goals are gone and now we have a new song, perhaps a pleasant one but also a less clear…

By: Seth Cochran, Founder & CEO, Operation Fistula I founded Operation Fistula to end obstetric fistula. While an ounce of prevention is worth a pound cure, the multitude of direct and indirect causes seemed too difficult to change. But…

By: Kenny Simbaya, White Ribbon Alliance Citizen Reporter On September 25, 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, 193 Member States of the UN unanimously adopted the post-2015 development goals christened Sustainable Development Goals…