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Researchers have developed and validated a scale for measuring person-centered maternity care, a standardized tool that researchers, program managers from government or health facilities and health providers themselves can use to assess the whole patient…

Timor-Leste should be applauded for its progress in maternal health over the last decade-and-a-half, serving as an inspiring model for other low-income, post-conflict countries to follow. A substantial amount of work remains for Timor-Leste to achieve…

Access to efficient modern energy is a critical enabler for essential maternal and newborn health care services, especially during emergencies. Yet a review of 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa found that only 28% of health facilities and 34% of…

Katrina Anderson and Pilar Herrero address the United States' problems with maternal mortality and racial inequities from a human rights perspective...read more

In November 2017, the most recent Nepal Demographic and Health Survey was published with national data from 2016. Overall, Nepal has made substantial progress in improving maternal health care access and utilization. However, disparities remain according…

Six months after results from the WOMAN trial were published, the World Health Organization updated its guidelines to include the use of tranexamic acid for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage .Haleema Shakur-Still shares strategies that have helped the…

Over the past year, Kenya’s public health system has faced numerous health worker strikes. While political action is underway, what can health program managers do to prevent maternal and newborn deaths? Maternal and newborn health programs in Bungoma,…

In 2015, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation launched an initiative to strengthen professional midwifery in Mexico, where roughly 23,000 traditional midwives provide care for less than 3% of the nearly 2.4 million births annually. Despite…

Jeffrey Smith, Vice President of Technical Leadership at Jhpiego, reflects on his experiences working to ensure high quality, women-centered care, including current efforts to implement a group antenatal care model in Kenya and Nigeria...read more

Fatimatah was forced into marriage by her family at the age of 16 and suffered severe physical, financial, educational and emotional consequences. Unfortunately, Fatimatah’s story is not hers alone: Globally, about one in nine girls marries before age…