Contributor Posts

Grand Challenges: Saving Lives at Birth

By: Celia Pett, Medical Associate, EngenderHealth A needle-free non-refrigerated aerosol formulation of oxytocin for treatment of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), a low-cost portable newborn respiratory support unit, and an ingenious device for facilitating…

"Integration" and Maternal Health

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF This is the third post by Emily Puckart on “Maternal Health Challenges in Kenya: What New Research Shows.” Read the first and the second. Integration is a word I hear quite often in the maternal…

Do Homeless Women in Urban India Have Access to Cash Transfers?

By: Denny John, NZAID Commonwealth Scholar This post is part of a series of posts on cash transfers and maternal health. To read other posts in the series, click here. If CCTs are a part of your work or research, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us at…

How is Janani Suraksha Yojana Performing in Uttar Pradesh?

By: M.E. Khan, Senior Associate, Population Council This post is part of a series of posts on cash transfers and maternal health. To read other posts in the series, click here. If CCTs are a part of your work or research, we’d love to hear from you.…

Reflections on the ICM in Durban

By: France Donnay, Interim Deputy Director, Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health, Senior Program Officer, Maternal Health, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation I am sitting in a huge auditorium filled with a very special crowd: midwives from all over…

Cash Transfers, Institutional Delivery and Quality of Care in India

By: KG Santhya, Associate, Population Council, New Delhi This post is part of a series of posts on cash transfers and maternal health. To read other posts in the series, click here. If CCTs are a part of your work or research, we’d love to hear from you.…

A Nine Month Experience

By: Martha Fikre Adenew, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Martha Fikre Adenew, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. This is her…

And Now

By: Carolina Damásio, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Carolina Damásio, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. This is her final…

What Happens Now

By: Julianne Parker, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Julianne Parker, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. This is her final post…

To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores

By: Sara Al-Lamki, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Sara Al-Lamki, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. This is her final post…