Maternal Health

Last week, Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika lifted a ban on traditional birth attendants (TBAs) that had been in place since 2007, saying: We need to train traditional birth attendants in safer delivery methods. We should not completely…

Recently on the MHTF blog, we’ve heard updates from: Young Champions Sara Al-Lamki, Zubaida Bai, Seth Cochran, and Yeabsira Mehari Future Generations’ Using Pregnancy Histories to Help Mothers ICDDR,B on Knowledge Sharing and…

Hans Rosling, of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, delivered a TED talk last month called “The Good News of the Decade?” where he discussed the Millenium Development Goals. His discussion focused on child mortality and how choosing a…

By: Joanna Hoffman, Women Deliver Increasingly in the maternal health field, it is critical to know who the other players in the field are, where they work and how we can work together instead of constantly reinventing the wheel. This was the core…

MHTF partner, The Global Network for Tropical Diseases and the World Health Organization cordially invite you to a reception marking the release of the first-ever WHO report on Neglected Tropical Diseases, “Working to Overcome the Global Impact of…

Ana Langer, an Advisor to the Maternal Health Task Force, was recently interviewed by Scientific American about improving maternal care.  According to Langer, “It’s not that you require a scientific breakthrough to solve these…

The following is part of a series of project updates from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). MHTF is supporting their project, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Translation in Bangladesh. More information on…

Marie Stopes International and EngenderHealth invite you to view a panel discussion entitled, “Innovations and Opportunities to Achieve MDG 5”. Panelists include Pam Barnes (President, EngenderHealth), Michael Holscher (Senior VP, Marie…

White Ribbon Alliance presents the 1st Annual Women Inspiration & Enterprise (WIE) symposium which will be held next Monday, September 20th 2010 in New York City, NY. The symposium coincides with the Clinton Global Initiative and the UN General…

The Women’s Health and Empowerment Center of Expertise (one of three Centers in the University of California Global Health Institute) is working to develop a multidisciplinary book on women’s health and empowerment. The book…