Maternal Health

By: Anrudh K. Jain, Ph.D., Distinguished Scholar, Population Council, New York Vapari Bai’s death (Human Rights Watch, January 10, 2011) due to eclampsia in Barwani district hospital in Madhya Pradesh, India highlights the need of reducing…

By: Roy Jacobstein, Medical Director, EngenderHealth The following post is also published on the Global Health Council blog Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that nearly 600 UK women had become pregnant while using Implanon, a contraceptive…

The Guttmacher Institute recently developed a Data Center that allows users to create tables and maps from data contained in Guttmacher reports, such as “Adding it Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn…

The upcoming “Regional Fistula Conference” is requesting abstracts from interested presenters. The conference will be held at Sheraton Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan from 4-6 March 2011 in collaboration with UNFPA. The last…

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) recently launched their new “Framework for Results” for improving global reproductive, maternal and newborn health. You will find more information on their new…

Earlier this week, we hosted Professor Wendy J. Graham from the University of Aberdeen who spoke about maternal mortality estimation here at our New York office. If you couldn’t make it and/or were unable to watch the webcast, the video is now…

Please join us tomorrow to watch Wendy J. Graham from the University of Aberdeen discuss “War and Peace: The story of maternal mortality estimation.” Professor Graham will present her views on the history of global maternal mortality estimation, new…

17 major funders of public health research, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, the Hewlett Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the World Bank, have signed on to a document to promote the sharing of…

Last month, I wrote about Tableau Public, a site where you can input/upload data and create a variety of charts, graphs, and maps. Another tool that I’ve been using is Google Alerts to get stories about maternal health sent to my inbox everyday. At…

Trained traditional birth attendants in Pakistan provide misoprostol to prevent postpartum haemorrhage: a randomised placebo-controlled trial Jill Durocher, Program Associate, Gynuity Health Projects Jennifer Blum, Senior Program Associate, Gynuity…