Archive: 2022

By: Destiny Davis, Program Coordinator, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The US has some of the highest maternal morbidity and mortality rates, with Black women disproportionately affected. Time…

By: Canadian Advisory of Women Immigrants (CAWI), Hani Rukh-E-Qamar, Rehma Khan, Roma Ranade, Crystal Yang, Naomi Phung, Isabella Kakish, Ana Dumitrache, Marianne Djigo, Yasemin Erdogan, Saba Al-Leswas, and Ushna Masroor Immigrant women are among those…

By: Yeeun Lee, Master’s Student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Research Assistant at the Maternal Health Task Force Whether you know it or not, indicator validity matters to you. To illustrate why, let’s take the problem of…

By: Bethany Kotlar, MPH, Associate Directer of the Maternal Health Task Force   The burden of maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains high, notwithstanding heavy investment in maternal healthcare. Historically,…

By Ada Ezeokoli (MHTF Research Assistant) Do pregnant women need a malaria vaccine? Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Atinuke, a young professional in Abuja, Nigeria, was watching CNN when she saw the news that the World Health Organization…

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 Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) Policy…

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 Finance and Operations Associate –…

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 Finance and Operations Associate –…