Maternal Health

The Department of Making Pregnancy Safer at the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the seventh orientation workshop on Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) Programing to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 21 to 25, 2010. Course…

The Department of Making Pregnancy Safer at the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the seventh orientation workshop on Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) Programing to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 21 to 25, 2010. Course…

CARE Haiti is looking for a Gender/Sexual and Reproductive Health Adviser to implement an integrated response to the post-earthquake crisis situation in Haiti. The Gender/Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Adviser will lead and manage the integration…

Pakistan: Midwives Gain Recognition But Concerns Remain Inter Press Service News Agency Three years ago, Kanwal Gul participated in a one-week training in community midwifery as part of a UNICEF pilot project—and now she runs a birthing…

What you count is what you target: the implications of maternal death classification for tracking progress towards reducing maternal mortality in developing countries Our “Article of the Week” was published in the Bulletin of the World Health…

In June 2009, the MHTF hosted an online forumto discuss the maternal health content of the Demographic and Health Surveys core questionnaires.  Following the forum, a coordinated set of comments and recommendations was sent to the DHS program for…

Amnesty International Releases Report on Maternal Mortality in Burkina Faso As part of their Demand Dignity campaign, Amnesty International has been researching the state of maternal health in Burkina Faso for over two years. Earlier today, the…

Humanitarian Actors Must Meet the Specific Health Needs of Women and Girls Displaced by the Earthquake The Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium (RHRC) has issued a statement urging humanitarian organizations to provide lifesaving…

Hungry and Homeless: Pregnant Women Seek Safe Births in Devastated City Reporting from the devastated city of Port Au Prince, UNFPA highlights the personal stories of two pregnant women who survived last week’s earthquake. The article describes…

Over the weekend, New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof and widely published freelance writer Elayne Clift wrote columns exploring key maternal health issues. Kristof raised the neglected issue of micronutrients and the role they play in…