Contributor Posts

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…

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…

By: Janna Oberdorf, Director of Communications and Outreach, Women Deliver I was incredibly lucky and honored to participate in the Maternal Health Task Force Buzz Meeting today with a room full of professional researchers, advocates, and maternal health…

Written by: Ashoka We are excited to announce the latest edition of Stories of Change, an electronic book series that tells the stories of changemakers from across Ashoka’s community. This fourth volume, called In Their Own Words: The Young Champions…

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. MHTF is supporting their project, Measuring Economic Impact of Maternal Morbidity. More information on MHTF supported…

By: Joy Lawn, Director Global Evidence and Policy, Saving Newborn Lives-Save the Children-US The following post originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission If you were born today in Africa, you would…

The following is part of a series of project updates from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). The MHTF is supporting their project, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Translation in Bangladesh. More information on…

By: Anangu Rajasingham, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The following post is part of a series of posts exploring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and maternal health. It is written by Anangu Rajasingham from the US Centers for Disease…

The following post is part of a series of posts exploring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and maternal health. It is written by Grace Kodindo, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Chad, currently serving as RAISE Medical and Advocacy Advisor at…

By: Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of the Board of the Crop Diversity Trust, and the Foresight Advisory Committee for Group Suez Environment The following post is part of a series of posts, WASH for Mothers, exploring water, sanitation, and hygiene…