Contributor Posts

Newsflash: Development Gives Rise to Oldest Occupation

By: Yeabsira Mehari, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Yeabsira Mehari, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging…

What Next?

By: Zubaida Bai, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Zubaida Bai, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging about her…

Hello Mzungu, Bye Bye Mzungu

By: Faatimaa Ahmadi, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Faatimaa Ahmadi, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. She will be blogging…

Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice

By: Jess Bernstein, Project Manager, RH Supplies, Population Action International The MHTF is proud to launch, with Population Action International, the Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice. Why a Community of Practice for Maternal Health…

Generating Political Priority: The Case of Newborn Survival

By: Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University The following was originally posted on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission. Before 2000, few organizations concerned…

Sindhiyon Ki Dhani: A Case Study from CEDPA

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). The case study come from their project, Working on Integration Issues of HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health, which the MHTF is supporting.…

Advocating for the Integration of HIV and MH

By: Mohammad Ahsan, CEDPA India The following is part of a series of project updates from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). MHTF is supporting their project, Working on Integration Issues of HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health. More…

Knowledge Translation by ICDDR,B

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…

Brooklyn to Tanzania: "Mama Creator"

By: Lisa Russell, Documentary Filmmaker and Co-Founder, MDGFive.com As a documentary filmmaker who creates films with UN/NGO agencies, I get the luxury of walking in two distinct worlds. The socially conscious creative world and the…

Making Accountability Count, Part 2

By: Ann Starrs, President and Co-Founder, Family Care International Last month I blogged here about the launch of the high-level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health, co-chaired by the President of Tanzania and…