Archive: 2015

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…

By: Julianne Weis, Maternal Health Consultant Sustainable Development Goal 10, to reduce inequality within and among countries, stands out as one of the most pressing and challenging obstacles of our generation. Since the Alma Ata Declaration was signed…

By: Winfred Ongy, White Ribbon Alliance Member and Citizen Reporter In Uganda, my home country, 17 mothers and 106 newborns die every single day during pregnancy and childbirth. The government has promised to improve maternal and newborn health, but…

By: Judith Helzner, Visiting Scientist, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Margaret Greene, Director, GreeneWorks In September 2015, the importance of addressing the needs of adolescents was affirmed at the launch of…

The Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, held in Mexico City from October 18-21, will provide a forum to identify, understand, and respond to the most urgent health needs of mothers and newborns. The hope is that it will accelerate momentum for…