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In recent years, considerable efforts to improve the quality of institutional care during the antenatal, delivery and postpartum periods have favored public health care facilities, largely excluding private ones. This has been the case despite the fact…

To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, Dot Mom asked leaders in the field to reflect on the most impactful intervention of last 30 years. Join us at the Wilson Center on Friday, 8 December, 1-5 pm ET to discuss these…

Cambodia has made huge gains in bringing down maternal mortality. According to the latest data, nearly 90% of all births in Cambodia now take place under the care of a skilled birth attendant. But in remote provinces like Rattanakiri, progress is only…

Many low- and middle-income countries are seeing a rapid introduction of ultrasound technology into their health systems, but without the proper focus on their introduction and use, we risk the efficiency and effectiveness of health systems and expose…

As South Sudan grapples with a four-year civil war and persistent famine, it is also struggling with one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Health experts attribute the high rate of maternal deaths to an ailing health care system,…

The United Nations Population Fund estimates that 1.7 million women affected by the conflict in Nigeria are of reproductive age, and some 276,000 of these women are likely to become pregnant this year. The violence has left more than 40% of health…

In a webinar hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force and Ariadne Labs, speakers discussed the importance of respectful maternity care (RMC) and strategies for integrating RMC principles into quality improvement initiatives globally...read more

On 14 July 2017, as part of the Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health Series, providers, advocates, researchers and policymakers gathered at the Wilson Center to discuss measuring progress towards improving maternal health under the Sustainable…

“Progress in Partnership”—the first progress report on Every Woman Every Child's Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health – provides a comprehensive snapshot of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and wellbeing across the…

Guatemala has a shortage of skilled birth attendants, and health workers do not always provide culturally sensitive, respectful maternity care. As a result, traditional birth attendants, known as comadronas, often assume responsibility for women’s care…