Archive: 2015

By: Elisa Wells, MPH, Public Health Institute The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set an ambitious target of reducing the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. Perhaps this is achievable, but…

By: Kirsten Gagnaire, Executive Director, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) The first ever Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference (GMNHC) will take place in Mexico City October 18 – 21, less than two weeks away! It is an opportunity for…

By: Aparajita Gogoi, Executive Director, CEDPA India and National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance India; Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers When women discover they are pregnant, they often turn to a small, trusted group of family…

By: Tricia Bolender, Faculty and Senior Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement This month on October 10th, we celebrate Mental Health Day. Indeed, there is much to celebrate, from the development of the WHO’s Comprehensive Mental…

By: Katie Millar, Senior Project Manager, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Just hours ago, the United Nations’ General Assembly, or UNGA, officially adopted the Sustainable Development Goals: goals that will…

In South Africa, 47% of pregnant women and 34% of women after birth in low-income settings experience maternal depression. Despite the high prevalence, there is no state-provided programmatic response. Resolved to develop a meaningful response to this…

By: Schuyler Null, Editor, New Security Beat In the long term, improving maternal and child health is as critical to national security as any problem in Pakistan today, said a panel of experts including Minister of National Health Services Saira Afzal…

This blog post starts in Goa. Not at the white beaches, but in the antenatal clinic at Asilo hospital in Mapusa where women in all stages of pregnancy are queuing up for antenatal check-ups. It is one of the busy days at the hospital, with women…

The majority of developing countries have a high prevalence of maternal depression ranging from18-25%. Countries with a high prevalence of maternal depression need a universal approach to maternal psychosocial well-being during pregnancy and in the…

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, September 17th, from 3:30 – 5 pm EST at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. and online for the policy dialogue, Leveraging the Private Sector to Strengthen Maternal Health, which will discuss the expanding…