Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health Series

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…

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…

As part of the Advancing Dialogue Series on Maternal Health Series, the Wilson Center hosted a discussion to review findings from the "Midwives' Voices, Midwives' Realities" report and explore implications for global maternal and newborn health...read…

We are excited to announce the upcoming policy dialogue, "Midwives' Voices, Midwives' Realities: The Largest Global Survey of Midwives and What It Means for Maternal and Newborn Health." The event will take place at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.…

Urbanization is changing the face of poverty and marginalization, and the maternal and newborn health field needs to change too, said a panel of experts at the Wilson Center on January 24. The so-called “urban advantage”—the idea that one can expect…

Last week, experts in maternal and reproductive health gathered at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. to discuss the latest data on maternal health in conflict and crises, identify policy and funding gaps and explore how to address maternal health in…

We are excited to announce the upcoming policy dialogue, Closing the Gaps of Maternal Health in Conflict and Crises. The event will take place at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. (and online!) on Thursday, December 8, 2016. This dialogue is part of…

Last week, experts in maternal health convened at the Wilson Center to mark the recent launch of The Lancet Maternal Health Series, discuss its implications and brainstorm how to translate findings into improvements for global maternal newborn health. …

We are excited to announce the upcoming policy dialogue, "What Next? Putting The Lancet Maternal Health Series Into Action." The event will take place at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. (and online!) on Friday, October 28, 2016...read more

The once-every-three-years Women Deliver conference has become a major coalescing force for various global health and development efforts aimed at women and girls. “We operate at a global level, influencing the agenda” by focusing on the “four Cs”:…