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Written by: EngenderHealth Pregnancy and childbirth are momentous events in the lives of women and families everywhere, but also moments of intense vulnerability. A woman’s relationship with her maternity providers is vitally important during this time,…

Written by: ICDDR,B Nine Knowledge Translation Briefs are finalized after a continuous rigorous external and internal review process. These Knowledge Translation Briefs are now available on the Knowledge Translation in Maternal Health web-page under…

By: Ann Starrs, President and Co-Founder, Family Care International The following originally appeared on the Family Care International blog. It is reposted here with permission. Every five minutes, somewhere in the developing world, a woman who has…

By: Celia Pett, Medical Associate, EngenderHealth; Pam Harper, Senior Writer/Editor, Engender Health The following is a summary of a meeting hosted by the Fistula Care Project in New York in November. Prolonged or obstructed labor is a major…

Written by: Alliance for Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health “It is an international scandal that more than 350,000 women die in the developing world every year from complications in pregnancy or child birth that can be easily…

By: James N. Martin, MD, President, ACOG Much of my professional life and many years of clinical research have focused upon the care of pregnant women with one of the “preeclampsias”. It is no surprise then that a major presidential initiative for ACOG…

If you haven’t done so already, please take a few minutes to have your voice heard in a survey on maternal health supplies. Our colleagues at PATH are working to understand the maternal health supplies landscape and the survey’s deadline is…

The following originally appeared on the New Security Beat. It is reposted here with permission. In the last five years, maternal health has begun to take a front seat within the larger global health agenda, but when it comes to a neutral space for…

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: 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…