Archive: 2016

Lessons Learned from Implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist

To maintain momentum for maternal newborn health, we must share our successes and failures in improving health outcomes for moms and babies. This month, scientists at Ariadne Labs, a collaboration between Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H.…

15 New Jobs in Maternal Newborn Health!

Interested in a position in maternal, newborn, or reproductive health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe...read more

A Fresh Look at the Adequacy of Antenatal Health Care

High quality care during pregnancy is an essential component of the continuum of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care. Antenatal care (ANC) gives providers the opportunity to promote healthy behaviors during pregnancy, identify and…

Implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: Webinar June 15!

Scientists at Ariadne Labs, a collaboration between Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, have had a leading role in the development, testing, implementation and spread of WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist around the…

This Is a Drill: Developing an Obstetric Emergency Drills Program

By María Belizán, Daniela Colaci, Agustina Mazzoni, Ezequiel García-Elorrio, Sebastián García-Martí, and Fernando Althabe, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS). This post describes field experience in Ethiopia and India that…