Maternal Health

From The Economist: New York, NY–The Economist Film Project, which presents documentary films that reflect the types of issues The Economist is known for covering, announced today that The Edge of Joy will be the initiative’s debut film.…

Today is World Malaria Day. As with many other health issues, such as neglected tropical diseases, HIV/AIDS, and nutrition, there are intricate links between malaria and maternal health. A 2010 paper by Dellicour et al. estimates that over 50 million…

This week on the MHTF blog: We posted about an upcoming USAID Maternal Health Technical Series We commented on the World Bank-IMF Global Monitoring Report There was a Maternal Health Policy Dialogue on accessing care in urban slums Mama was…

The World Health Organization (WHO) published this week some chapters of the World Medicines Situation Report 2011. According to the WHO: The third edition of the World Medicines Situation Report brings together new data on 24 key topics relating to…

The following post is contributed by the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) who launched the Mama project. To read a blog post by Marketing for International Development (M4ID), who worked with the WRC to design the platform, click here. This post…

By: Mari Tikkanen, Managing Director, Marketing for International Development The following post is contributed by Mari Tikkanen, Managing Director of Marketing for International Development (M4ID), which designed the platform for the Mama project with…

Yesterday, a group of health experts met at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington as part of the Maternal Health Policy Dialogue. The topic was “Accessing Maternal Health Care in Urban Slums,” but some presenters questioned whether the word slum is an…

A friendly reminder of today’s Maternal Health Policy Dialogue at the Woodrow Wilson Center from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Click over to their site at 3 to watch the event live!

The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the “Global Monitoring Report 2011: Improving the Odds of Achieving the MDGs” late last week, reflecting on the likelihood of achieving the Millennium Development Goals…

You are invited to the USAID Maternal Health Technical Series:   The effects of removing user fees on access to life-saving maternal health services: The case of caesareans in Mali   Marianne El-Khoury, MPA, MA, Associate/Economist,…