Buzz Meeting 2011

The first phase of the Maternal Health Task Force ends officially October 31st at its birthplace, EngenderHealth, and the second phase begins November 1st 2011 at its new home, the Harvard School of Public Health. (A six-month extension of the first…

By: Meg Wirth, Founder and CEO, Maternova The following originally appeared on Maternova’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) is a three-year effort funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.…

By: Dr. Ann Blanc, Director, MHTF I left the recent Maternal Health Buzz meeting with a lot of ideas and inspirations, a few frustrations, and many questions. One thread that I was very happy to see running throughout the discussions at the meeting was…

By: Josh Nesbit, Co-Founder and CEO, Medic Mobile The retreat made me feel like a vetted member of the maternal health knowledge and action community. It was much different than attending a conference; rather than presenting solutions immediately…

As Janna Oberdorf wrote previously on the MHTF blog, much of the discussion on the first day of the MHTF Buzz Meeting surrounded the question of whether or not there is a maternal health movement. The general consensus seems to be that if there is not…

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By: Janna Oberdorf, Director of Communications and Outreach, Women Deliver At the end of the two and a half days of the MHTF Buzz meeting, my brain is certainly buzzing with ideas, thoughts, and more than anything – questions. The goal of the meeting was…

The third day of the MHTF Buzz Meeting was led in large part by five of the Young Champions of Maternal Health. The purpose of their session was for the meeting participants to come up with a fifth burning question about the current state of maternal…

The second day of the MHTF Buzz meeting continued the conversation to cover topics like community interventions, addressing short-term fixes versus long-term system changes, and how to accelerate progress in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. …

By: Sarah Blake, Global Health Visions As the rapporteur for the MHTF Buzz Meeting, my job is really all about keeping track of what questions come out of the meeting, and as I look back at my notes on the first day of the meeting, I’m really struck by…