Archive: 2015

Every other Friday we bring to you some of the latest job openings in maternal and reproductive health from various geographies. Check out the latest postings below: Consultancy Developing a concept to realize the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP):…

By: Katrina Braxton, Program Assistant, The Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative “Nigeria’s population is only two percent of the world population, but we contribute about 10 percent of the maternal mortality,” said Oladosu Ojengbede, professor…

Investment in HIV services may improve quality of prenatal and postnatal care. At the facility level, the mere presence of HIV treatment services was associated with higher quality prenatal and postnatal care, shows a new study in the American Journal of…

Thursday, February 26, 2015, 12:30-1:30pm EST The Leadership Studio, 10th Floor Kresge Building, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston Join us with The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for Putting Mothers and Babies First:…

Join the Secretariat of Health of Mexico and 15 other convening partners in Mexico City, October 18 to 21, for a landmark technical conference to discuss strategies for reaching every mother and newborn with high-quality health care. Who should…

In Mexico, maternal mortality continues to be a public health problem. Throughout the country, the burden of maternal mortality varies greatly between different locations. The three states with the highest maternal mortality ratio are Guerrero, Oaxaca,…

A Twitter chat hosted by Saving Lives at Birth discussed the future of maternal and newborn health and innovation. Here is a Storify of the first half hour. To see the rest search #SavingLivesRd5 on Twitter! View the story “#SavingLivesRd5 Twitter…

Every other Friday we bring to you some of the latest job openings in maternal and reproductive health. Check out the international postings below: Monitoring and Evaluation: Senior Program Officer, Research Measurement and Evaluation Job: Gates…

Scaling up women’s use of skilled maternity care is an important component of global strategies to improve maternal and newborn health, but the availability and provision of skilled care does not necessarily lead to increased utilisation of services.…

In November 2011, PLOS and the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) embarked on a 3-year partnership aiming to highlight the needs of mothers and infants through the MHTF-PLOS Collection on Maternal Health. Today we announce the final update to the Year 3…