Maternal Health

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. This is her final post about…

By: Anna Dion, Young Champion of Maternal Health This blog post was contributed by Anna Dion, 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 about her…

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

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

This week on the MHTF blog: Raji Mohanam interviewed a member of the “Be the Change: Save a Life Maternal Health Challenge” winning team UNFPA published The State of the World’s Midwifery Report What answers does China hold…

By: Tim Thomas, Senior Advisor, MHTF Our Young Champions of Maternal Health program helped the MHTF expand its network of likeminded initiatives around the world, most notably through the community of Ashoka Fellows with whom each Young Champion was…

Jed Friedman, from the World Bank, wrote an interesting post about the potential impacts of paying-for-performance for health workers. He notes, that in some cases, introducing extrinsic motivation may decrease intrinsic motivation and end up having the…

The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) had the opportunity to speak with Sean Monagle, member of the student team at Johns Hopkins University which recently won an international competition sponsored by ABC News and the Duke Global Health Institute. As…

Last week, we posted about a discussion at the British Medical Journal on traditional birth attendants and their role in promoting maternal health. Our poll results suggest that our readers think that TBAs do have a role to play in promoting maternal…

Earlier today, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released “The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives.” In addition to the formal report, UNFPA has included interactive tools, data, country…