Contributor Posts

By: David Lusale and Charlemagne Ouedraogo, Africa Network for Non-Physician Clinician Training Community of Practice Did you know that more than half of Sub-Saharan African countries utilize Non-Physician Clinicians (NPCs)—health professionals (such as…

By: Hannah Knight, Community Moderator for Global Voices for Maternal Health at the University of Oxford An online project, run by the Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute and Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of…

By: Ann Starrs, President and Co-Founder, Family Care International When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon formally launched the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health last September during the 2010 UN General Assembly meeting, a range of…

The following is a letter from the Centre for Development and Population Activities, an MHTF-supported project, that is seeking case studies for best practices with regard to integration of HIV and maternal health. For more information on the project or…

By: Anrudh K. Jain, Ph.D., Distinguished Scholar, Population Council, New York Vapari Bai’s death (Human Rights Watch, January 10, 2011) due to eclampsia in Barwani district hospital in Madhya Pradesh, India highlights the need of reducing…

By: Carrie Ngongo and Sarah Burgess, Fistula Care Project Obstetric fistula is a devastating birth injury that befalls many of the women who narrowly escape maternal death following obstructed labor. Women who suffer from fistula can have their lives…

By: Seth Cochran, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Seth Cochran, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth. He will be blogging about his…

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. She will be blogging about…

By: Onikepe Oluwadamilola Owolabi, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Onikepe Oluwadamilola Owolabi, one of the fifteen Young Champions of Maternal Health chosen by Ashoka and the Maternal Health Task Force at…

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…