Maternal Health

Article of the Week
Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post’s World Editor, wrote a five- part series about her recent trip to Ethiopia to visit UNFPA’s maternal health programs. These articles describe a woman’s journey to find a doctor in rural Ethiopia, girls fleeing…

Two New Additions to the MHTF
We are so excited to have Sarah Blake and Kate Mitchell on board as our new Knowledge Management Interns. We have already felt their contributions speeding up the pace of our work! Sarah holds a M.Sc. in Gender, Development and Globalisation from the…

Article of the Week
The Bulletin of the WHO recently published electronically a paper showing that the maternal mortality ratio in Mongolia declined substantially between 1992 and 2007, after the introduction of a comprehensive maternal health strategy. The MMR decreased…

Articles of the Week
We have two interesting pieces for you to read this week. The first is a multimedia BBC news story on maternal mortality around the world and one particular solution to the problem in rural Malawi. For the full article click here. Let us know if this…

Global Health Initiative Policy Forum
The Global Health Initiative is holding a Policy Forum in Washington D.C. this Thursday. The Forum is entitled Strategies for Global Health: Urgent Challenges, Comprehensive Solutions. To view the announcement click here.

MHTF FIGO Event
On September 8th, the MHTF hosted an event at the FIGO Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The purpose of the event was to update MHTF members and others in the maternal health community about our activities and to provide a venue for interaction and…

Article of the Week
Dr. Flavia Bustreo gave a presentation at the FIGO meeting in Cape Town, South Africa last week on the role of the Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health in Achieving MDGs 4 and 5. We encourage you to view the presentation to see the important…

Article of the Week
Yesterday, Human Rights Watch released a report “No Tally of the Anguish: Accountability in Maternal Health Care in India” which documents the poor health care system available for pregnant women in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, in…

Recruiting for MHTF Intern
We are now actively recruiting for an intern to help us at the Maternal Health Task Force. This position is posted on the EngenderHealth website. If you are interested in this position, please apply via EH’s Human Resources department…