GMNHC2015 Series

The Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference gathered more than 1,000 policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and advocates from all over the world to discuss existing challenges in reaching under-served women and practical solutions. “Quality,…

On April 13, in partnership with UNFPA and the Wilson Center, the Maternal Health Task Force co-hosted a policy dialogue to review priorities, evaluate progress, and reignite efforts in the maternal newborn health field. The discussion served as a…

When it comes to maternal and newborn health, we are often loath to share information about “failed” efforts. We need a culture shift that recognizes that failure is our “first attempt in learning,” and that those learnings can help save women’s and…

By Koki Agarwal, Director, Maternal and Child Survival Program; Ana Langer, Director, Maternal Health Task Force; and Joy Riggs-Perla, Director, Saving Newborn Lives at Save the Children While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) underlined the…

By: Allisyn Moran, Senior Maternal Health Advisor, USAID Last month in Mexico City at the Global Maternal and Newborn Health Conference, we discussed a variety of important topics for improving maternal and newborn health. The main themes of the…

By: Deepthi Wickremasinghe, Research Assistant & Information Management Specialist, IDEAS Energy and enthusiasm abounded at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference in Mexico City in October 2015, where knowledge and evidence were…

By: Kate Walton, Health Specialist, Kinerja, Indonesia Last week, I had the great privilege of attending the first-ever Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference (GMNHC) in Mexico City. During a panel on midwifery around the world, I presented on a…

By: Abhishek Bhartia, Director, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi “We discussed this internally but don’t feel I have the bandwidth to travel to Mexico,” I wrote to Sue Gullo, director of the Institute for Healthcare…

By: Jody Lori, Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Director of the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center, University of Michigan The Maternal and Newborn Health Conference in Mexico City was motivating, energizing, and stimulated lots of conversation…

By: Rima Jolivet, Maternal Health Technical Director, Maternal Health Task Force Human rights are at the center of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and figure prominently in the new SDG framework.…