Contributor Posts

By: Gabala Franco, Program Manager, Maternal and Child Health, Health Child, Uganda As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does the future hold for international maternal mortality targets? The MHTF is pleased to host…

By: Kaosar Afsana, Director, Health Nutrition & Population, BRAC As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does the future hold for international maternal mortality targets? The MHTF is pleased to be hosting a blog…

By: Marge Koblinsky, Senior Maternal Health Advisor at USAID As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does the future hold for international maternal mortality targets? The MHTF is pleased to be hosting a blog series on…

By: Allison Ettenger, Program Manager, Jacaranda Health; Grace Lesser, Knowledge Manager, Jacaranda Health Jacaranda Health, a social enterprise, has been providing affordable, high-quality maternal and newborn health care for over two years in Kenya.…

By: Elizabeth Johansen, Director of Product Development, Design that Matters Well-designed medical technology has tremendous potential to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in developing countries. However, according to an influential Duke University…

By: Nora Miller, Research Assistant, Respectful Maternity Care program, Women and Health Initiative Unlike many of its neighboring countries, where progress has been made toward the MDG 5 target of increasing the proportion of births with a skilled birth…

By: Neal Lesh, Chief Strategy Officer, Dimagi Since 2008, Dimagi has helped organizations in 30 countries set up mobile projects with CommCare, an open source mobile platform that supports frontline workers (FLWs). CommCare is actively being used by over…

By: Meg Wirth, Founder, Maternova Maternova is a social enterprise building out a fast track for commercialization of life-saving technologies for maternal, newborn and child health.  Why commercialization?  Isn’t the current trend…

By: Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers As an OB/GYN who has worked in dozens of developing countries, I have seen firsthand what it’s like to give birth in places where resources are strapped and conditions are bleak. I’ve seen the way…

By: Alison El Ayadi, UCSF Safe Motherhood Program; Suellen Miller, UCSF Safe Motherhood Program Imagine that you are a nurse midwife, the only staff member in a busy primary health center in rural Nigeria. At least once per month a woman will arrive…