New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

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. Here are positions open for applications in December 2024.…

Where Did My Midwife Go?

Ariel Bernstein, MPH, CPM is a midwife in the US having practiced in 4 different states before she received her Masters in Public Health in global health from Harvard University. She is passio1nate about expanding the role of midwives worldwide and…

New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

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. Here are positions open for applications in November 2024.…

Packing the Drape

By: Isabella Ochieng, nurse midwife and maternal and newborn health technical advisor for Jhpiego, worked on the E-MOTIVE trial. I double checked my packing list in preparation for my trip to Rwanda. Three weeks away from my home in Kenya was a long…

Forced Sterilizations and Maternal Health in the Canadian Context

By: Hani Rukh-E-Qamar, Founder and Executive Director of the Canadian Advisory of Women Immigrants (CAWI), currently pursuing a Master of Science in Epidemiology at McGill University; Harini P. Aiyer, PhD, MS, Health equity and global health researcher ;…

Maternal Health on the Frontlines of Climate Change

By: Saba Nisa, Master of Nursing student at the University of Alberta; Salima Meherali, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Nursing; Yared Asmare Aynalem, PhD student at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta; Zohra…

The Role of Drug Repurposing in Pregnancy

By: Katarzyna Borkowski, Former FDA ORISE Fellow, working with the Office of Medical Policy; current oncology research nurse at the NIH.; Maggie McCoy, Former Health Policy and Communications Intern with the Cure Drug Repurposing Collaboratory, currently…