Archive: 2015

Ten more new jobs and one conference scholarship to explore as you navigate your way through a career committed to maternal health. Jobs & fellowships Program Manager: D-tree International, Zanzibar Advisor for Private Sector…

By: Saundra Pelletier, CEO, Woman Care Global & Evofem In my experience, the problem with talking about supply chains is that no one really wants to have a discussion about the unsexy topic of consistent, self-sufficient distribution. Things like…

The State of the World's Mothers 2015 report, which focuses on the disadvantages of being poor in an urban setting, finds that in most developing countries, the poorest urban children are at least twice as likely to die as the richest urban children... …

by Tezeta Tulloch, Communications Manager at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University What happens when a mother dies? In the West, the most ready and obvious answer is grief - the harrowing emotional and psychological toll of…

Today, May 5, is the International Day of the Midwife. This is an opportunity for the global community to come together to recognize the incredible impact midwives have on maternal and newborn health and decreasing mortality. Want to know more about what…

For women living with obstetric fistula who constantly leak urine or feces, the opportunity to undergo surgical repair can be life-changing. However, treatment itself can bring many challenges, including a long post-operative recuperation in the…

The European Commission seeks your input through a scoping survey in preparation of a high-level conference and the launch of an inducement prize on maternal and newborn health. Read more about the survey...

The state of maternal health in South Asia is difficult to assess. Although rates of maternal mortality are declining between 2 and 2.5 percent a year overall, the region’s massive population – one fifth of the world and over 1 billion people in India…

The East African Community (EAC) has launched a Regional Reproductive Maternal Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) Scorecard. The Scorecard is an innovative tool for communicating progress on key global, regional and national commitments for children and…

Limited access to quality-assured essential medicines is a common problem across the globe. Quality assurance requires strong commitment to quality-assured manufacturers, wholesalers and ongoing quality testing. For relatively inexpensive maternal…