Archive: 2015

By: Sandeep Bathala, Senior Program Associate, Maternal Health Initiative, Wilson Center The feats that pregnant women perform under some of the most rudimentary conditions are sometimes unimaginable. On the first day of the Global Maternal and…

By: Rima Jolivet, Maternal Health Technical Director, Maternal Health Task Force Accountability ran through today’s offerings at the GMNHC, both those explicitly dedicated to the topic and others I attended. I chose the title for this blog from the…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Presenters taking part in this afternoon’s session on “Programming for Maternal and Newborn Health during Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Epidemics and Conflict”  addressed questions of securing maternal and…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant This morning’s opening plenary session opened with a video, #Moments Matter, which laid out the task that the maternal, newborn and related communities now face: ensuring that every woman is empowered to decisions about…

By: Mickey Chopra, The World Bank; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children (Canada) and Aga Khan University (Pakistan) Zulfiqar Bhutta and Mickey Chopra are co-chairs of Countdown to 2015. “Ten years from…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant The Global Maternal and Newborn Health Conference in Mexico City is here! The conference kicks off with a welcome from the conference’s co-chairs, Koki Agarwal, Director of USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program…

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…