Archive: 2017

Earlier this month, global health experts (and students aspiring to be experts) from around the world gathered for a series of presentations, panels and posters at the 2017 Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference in Washington, D.C. The…

We are excited to announce the upcoming dialogue, "Too Much Too Soon: Addressing Over-Intervention in Maternity Care." The event will take place at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. (and online!) on Monday, 24 April 2017 from 11:00am - 1:00pm. This…

Unlike in most countries around the world, the maternal mortality rate in the United States has risen over the last decade. To address this problem, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) partnered with key stakeholders to host “Eradicating…

Respectful maternity care is not only a crucial component of quality of care; it is a human right. In 2014, WHO released a statement calling for the prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during childbirth, stating that “every woman has the…

Fatimatah was forced into marriage by her family at the age of 16 and suffered severe physical, financial, educational and emotional consequences. Unfortunately, Fatimatah’s story is not hers alone: Globally, about one in ten girls marries before age 15,…

On World Health Day (and every day), the Maternal Health Task Force would like to thank all who work to improve maternal newborn health worldwide. In this month's job roundup, we are featuring positions at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,…

In low-resource settings such as Nigeria, accessing basic assisted reproductive technology treatments can be challenging or impossible for many couples who want to conceive. There is a need to raise the visibility of infertility within the maternal…

For Vietnam’s ethnic minorities, their cultural preferences and traditions surrounding childbirth are often portrayed as obstacles to the uptake of maternal health services. One cultural preference that is viewed as a barrier to receiving maternal health…

The Maternal Health Task Force was thrilled to participate in the 2017 Institutionalizing Community Health Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 27 March - 30 March. Read 5 key takeaways for maternal health...read more

Last month, nearly 50 researchers, practitioners and advocates from across India, and a few from beyond its borders, gathered to discuss strategies for improving maternal health at the new Mumbai outpost of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…