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Maternal Health

10 Years of Increasing Policy Attention for Newborns in Nepal

By: Stephanie Smith, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, University of New Mexico The following piece is the second in a series on generating political priority for newborn health. Read the first. It originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn…

A Breakthrough in mHealth: The First SIM app for Global Health!

By: Raji Mohanam, The MHTF has long been a proponent of mobile health (mHealth) technology and its potential to improve maternal health outcomes.  A MHTF-supported project undertaken by Medic Mobile announced a breakthrough this week at the mHealth…

Between Us (Women)

The following is part of a series of project updates from Future Generations. MHTF is supporting their project, Using Pregnancy Histories to Help Mothers, based in Peru. More information on MHTF supported projects can be found here. Written by: Future…

Weekend Reading

This week on the MHTF blog: A photo essay on maternal health in Afghanistan The Young Champions of Maternal Health reflected on their projects and experiences Kate Mitchell wrote about conditional cash transfers in India Claire Bangser…

USAID RFA: Technologies for Health Program

USAID has extended the deadline for a major grant on technology for health. From the announcement: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to award up to two five-year cooperative agreements (combined total of $50…

Young Champions Give Birth to Global Maternal Health Collaboration

By: Claire Bangser, Senior Program Manager, Ashoka The following post originally appeared Ashoka’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. Nine months ago, fifteen complete strangers in twelve different countries independently packed their…

Photo Essay: Afghanistan, the Worst Place to Be a Mother

Save the Children’s Mothers Index was published earlier this month and ranks Afghanistan as the worst place for mothers. The following photo essay was originally published on the Health Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission. …

Weekend Reading

This week on the MHTF blog: We posted reactions from FCI and Gynuity, VSI and RHTP to the approval of misoprostol to prevent PPH Global Health Visions wrote a report on maternal health donors We listened to Esther Duflo at the Population…