Contributor Posts

By: Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Director of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, ICS Integrare; Sheetal Sharma, Research and Knowledge Management Associate, ICS Integrare This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted…

By: Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Director of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, ICS Integrare; Sheetal Sharma, Research and Knowledge Management Associate, ICS Integrare This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted…

By: Pisake Lumbiganon, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force Background Theoretically antenatal care (ANC) should promote good pregnancy…

By: Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers Do management capacities in clinicians really matter for maternal health? This is a key question that MSD for Mothers, along with some of its partners, is trying to tackle. MSD for Mothers is a…

By: Cindil Redick, Communications & Advocacy Advisor, One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign In many parts of rural sub-Saharan Africa, clinics and hospitals are few and far between. A recent report by Save the Children estimates that…

By: Manzi Anatole, Director of Mentorship and Quality Improvement, Partners In Health This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force MESH-QI mentor conducting training on neonatal…

By: Stephen Hodgins, Senior Technical Advisor, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children This post is part of our “Continuum of Care” blog series hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force What some propose Most maternal and newborn deaths…

By: Carrie Ngongo, Field Projects Manager, EngenderHealth We typically think of genitourinary fistula as tragic birth injury, resulting from the death of soft tissue during obstructed labor without timely medical intervention. Most fistulas are…

Jamaican Midwife Victoria Melhado This post is part of our “Supporting the Human in Human Resources” blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and Jacaranda Health. Katja Iversen is the CEO of Women Deliver, a global…

By: Janet Matemu, Technology Manager, Jacaranda Health; Shalmali Radha Karnad, Clinical Programs Manager, Jacaranda Health This post is part of our “Supporting the Human in Human Resources” blog series co-hosted by the Maternal Health Task…