Contributor Posts

By: Betsy McCallon, Executive Director, White Ribbon Alliance I am very excited to announce the launch of Strategies Toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM), an effort that was led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and to which White…

By: Professor Kumar Devadutta, School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University This post describes the process of implementing RHCLMIS, a web and mobile application for automating RH supplies for the Health Department in Odisha in India. Innovadors Lab,…

By: Saundra Pelletier, CEO, Woman Care Global & Evofem I am thrilled to have a discussion about the need for better metrics and measurement for establishing best practices on correct use of maternal health supplies. As organizations focus on global…

By: Saundra Pelletier, CEO, Woman Care Global & Evofem In my experience, the problem with talking about supply chains is that no one really wants to have a discussion about the unsexy topic of consistent, self-sufficient distribution. Things like…

by Tezeta Tulloch, Communications Manager at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University What happens when a mother dies? In the West, the most ready and obvious answer is grief - the harrowing emotional and psychological toll of…

For women living with obstetric fistula who constantly leak urine or feces, the opportunity to undergo surgical repair can be life-changing. However, treatment itself can bring many challenges, including a long post-operative recuperation in the…

Limited access to quality-assured essential medicines is a common problem across the globe. Quality assurance requires strong commitment to quality-assured manufacturers, wholesalers and ongoing quality testing. For relatively inexpensive maternal…

By: Matthew Chico, Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Women gathering in a community meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo: Martine Perret/UN In sub-Saharan Africa, 10,000 women and 200,000 children under the age of one die…

For any expecting mother there are many things to worry about – from ensuring her growing baby’s health to making preparations to welcome him or her into the world. Imagine if one of those concerns was malaria. For the 1.6 million Ugandan women who live…

Global health researchers and donors are quick to report on program successes in conferences and publications but it is difficult to find documentation of what didn’t go as planned – programs or elements of programs that did not meet their objectives or…