Maternal Health

A new series, Birthrights, is available on Al Jazeera English that explores maternal health throughout the world. From AJE: Maternal health is about more than just mothers and babies. Across the globe the very business of delivering life into the…

By: Emily Puckart, Senior Program Assistant, MHTF Presenters at the recent Woodrow Wilson International Center Policy Dialogue highlighted a number of viewpoints and experiences in the nonprofit and private sector working to address a variety of health…

By: Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, MHTF The 2011 NTEN conference came to an end on Saturday and I came away with a lot to think about. It’s going to take a few days to digest and share all the interesting information from the conference.…

By: Jess Bernstein, Project Manager, RH Supplies, Population Action International The MHTF is proud to launch, with Population Action International, the Maternal Health Supplies Community of Practice. Why a Community of Practice for Maternal Health…

By: Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, MHTF With 2,000 people trying to access a limited Hilton wi-fi service, it was a struggle to get and then keep a connection on Day 2 at NTEN 2011. It severely undermined our ability to live-tweet during…

By: Raji Mohanam, Knowledge Management Specialist, MHTF Almost 2,000 people converged in Washington D.C. today to attend the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. The conference, which runs today through Saturday, brings together professionals in…

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. MHTF is supporting their project, Measuring Economic Impact of Maternal Morbidity. More information on MHTF supported…

We’re heading down to Washington today to attend the Non-Profit Technology Conference (NTC) hosted by NTEN. Be sure to check back here and on Twitter for updates on what’s going on. In fact, some of the sessions and plenaries can be viewed…

 Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, the United Nations Population Fund, and PATH for a discussion of:   Innovations From Development to Delivery: Working With the Private…

By: Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University The following was originally posted on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission. Before 2000, few organizations concerned…