Archive: 2016

We are excited to announce the upcoming dialogue, After Mexico City and Before Copenhagen: Keeping Our Promise to Mothers and Newborns, on Wednesday, April 13 in Washington, DC. After exploring the newly-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at…

We are excited to announce the upcoming dialogue, How Zika Is Shaping the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Agenda, on Tuesday, April 12 in Washington, DC. The Zika outbreak presents an opportunity to set the conversation on access, quality, and…

The deadline for the MHTF-PLOS Collection, “Neglected Populations: Decreasing Inequalities & Improving Measurement in Maternal Health,” has been extended to 1 May 2016! We are particularly interested in submissions that include study populations in…

As a space where individuals gather and spend significant amounts of time, workplaces can serve as an efficient, underutilized platform and safe environment for impacting employees' health. Recent initiatives aim to improve access to family planning,…

Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up maternal health job and internship opportunities from around the globe...read more

Reliable health information systems and audit tools allow us to monitor patients' health, identify warning signs, and prevent complications. The Maternal Health Innovations Fund, an MHTF project, recently supported several projects in collaboration with…

This summer, the Maternal Health Task Force will support eight students at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health as they apply their skills and knowledge to internships in maternal health. Project topics include maternal mental health, health…

The sharp and sustained focus on maternal health over the last 30 years has resulted in a global decline in maternal mortality, but our work on maternal health is far from over. It is time to revisit our approach to maternal health needs so that we can…

While improving access to maternal and newborn health services is fundamental in reducing the global maternal and neonatal mortality ratios and meeting the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, strengthening quality of care is an equally important…

Facilitating access to quality care is the crux of improving maternal and newborn health. The Maternal Health Innovations Fund, an MHTF project, recently supported several projects in collaboration with The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease…