Maternal Health

This week on the MHTF blog: We put up a new post on GlobalMama (free registration required) PAI invited you to join the MH Supplies Working Group Information on The Lancet Stillbirth Series and reactions MNCH in Post-Conflict Settings …

Earlier this week, The Lancet published a series of articles on stillbirth. The series is generating a lot of press and reactions from the global health community. Below are a selection of reactions and comments on the series. If you see other…

Dr. Donna Espeut from Concern Worldwide spoke yesterday at New York University on “Improving Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Post-Conflict Settings.” Women who are pregnant obviously don’t stop being pregnant when disaster strikes. She…

The Lancet launched a new series yesterday focusing on stillbirths, holding events in London, New York, Hobart (Australia), Geneva, New Delhi, Florence, and Cape Town. We attended the event yesterday at UNICEF which featured: Maja Zecevik (Editor,…

You are invited to the first meeting of the Maternal Health Supplies Working Group Convened by Population Action International   Supported by the Maternal Health Task Force   April 28-29, 2011 | 10am-4pm   Population…

We have a new post up on our Medscape blog, GlobalMama. The post, “Lies, Damn Lies and Maternal Mortality Estimates” looks at success at reducing maternal mortality ratios even though many countries are not on track to achieve MDG 5: …

 Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, the United Nations Population Fund and the African Population & Health Research Center for a discussion of:   Accessing Maternal Health…

This week on the MHTF blog: The Young Champions of Maternal Health wrote about their projects MHTF Director Ann Blanc has a new paper out on maternal deaths We posted opportunities from the Population Council, Women Deliver and MEASURE…

The MEASURE Evaluation Population & Reproductive Health Associate Award (PRH) is pleased to announce its second call for proposals for its small grants program to increase the evidence base in family planning (FP). The primary objectives of this…

“Women Bloggers Deliver” will award two female bloggers with a trip to Kenya to learn about clean water and women in development   6 April 2011, New York – Women Deliver, in partnership with Vestergaard Frandsen, announced today the launch…