Maternal Health

This week on the MHTF blog: Ann Starrs wrote an update about the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health Samantha Lattof discussed the development of an intra-partum stillbirth indicator An…

By: Boniface Sebikali, Senior Clinical Training Advisor, IntraHealth Originally posted on IntraHeath’s blog. Reposted here with permission Last month, the World Health Organization published “Family planning in sub-Saharan Africa: progress or…

By: Ann Starrs, President and Co-Founder, Family Care International Last month I blogged here about the launch of the high-level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health, co-chaired by the President of Tanzania and…

In nine years, between 2001 and 2010, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Bangladesh declined by 40% according to a survey supported by USAID, MEASURE Evaluation and ICDDR,B. The survey found that Bangladesh’s MMR dropped from 322 deaths per…

The MH Buzz and the MHTF Newsletter provide you with timely and relevant information on maternal health, allied fields, and the Maternal Health Task Force. Every two weeks, the MH Buzz includes 4-6 important news items, journal articles and other…

By: David Lusale and Charlemagne Ouedraogo, Africa Network for Non-Physician Clinician Training Community of Practice Did you know that more than half of Sub-Saharan African countries utilize Non-Physician Clinicians (NPCs)—health professionals (such as…

Josh Nesbit and Medic Mobile were featured this week on ABC News’ “Be the Change, Save a Life.” Josh discussed donating used cell phones to support Medic Mobile’s work. The MHTF is supporting Josh’s work and other mhealth…

Tomorrow, February 15, Dr. Rajiv Shah, the Administrator of USAID, will deliver a lecture on President Obama’s Global Health Initiative at the National Institutes of Health. The lecture can be viewed live online tomorrow starting at 11:00 a.m.…

The Maternal Health Task Force and the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth sponsored a two-day meeting of researchers on February 2-3, 2011 to (1) re-evaluate the Intrapartum Stillbirth and Early Neonatal Death indicator…

This week on the MHTF blog: We wrote about a visit from Hamlin Fistula Hospital to EngenderHealth Kate Mitchell told us about folk dance and maternal health in India The Journal of Health Communication is looking for submissions on mhealth …