Archive: 2020

By: Bethany Kotlar, MPH, Associate Directer of the Maternal Health Task Force This post is the first of a two-part series exploring the potential and realized impact of the COVID-19 on maternal health. While this post focuses on the United States,…

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Africa Provincial Coordinator, Sexual, Reproductive,…

By: Bethany Kotlar, MPH, Associate Directer of the Maternal Health Task Force In 2018, breastfeeding rates in the United States increased, according to the annually released CDC Breastfeeding Report Card. The percentage of babies still breastfeeding at 6…

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Africa Analyst, Sexual and Reproductive Health;…

Jewel Gausman, Areej Othman, Iqbal Lutfi Hamad, Maysoon Dabobe, Insaf Daas, Abeer Shaheen, and Ana Langer are currently conducting qualitative research studies on how conflict affects community norms that impact adolescents’ sexual and reproductive…

By: Sherine Andreine Powerful, MPH, Doctor of Public Health candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Research Assistant at the Maternal Health Task Force Jewel Gausman, Areej Othman, Iqbal Lutfi Hamad, Maysoon Dabobe, Insaf Daas,…

Jewel Gausman, Areej Othman, Iqbal Lutfi Hamad, Maysoon Dabobe, Insaf Daas, Abeer Shaheen, and Ana Langer are currently conducting qualitative research studies on how conflict affects community norms that impact adolescents’ sexual and reproductive…

By: Christina Gebel, MPH, LCCE, Co-founder, Accompany Doula Care; Sarah Hodin, MPH, CD(DONA), LCCE, National Senior Manager of Maternal Newborn Health Programs, Steward Health Care Over the last couple of years, doulas have been featured in several…