Maternal Health

By: Alice Irene Whittaker-Cumming, Executive Director, Mother Nature Partnership Alice Irene Whittaker-Cumming The language that we use is important. The words that we choose to communicate our ideas reveal where our priorities are, and they inform…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Convening as a maternal health community is key to improving awareness, knowledge, and our momentum to ensure health for women and their families.…

By: Rebecca Sheldon, Communications, MCHIP This article was originally posted by MCHIP on July 18th, 2014 In recent years, Cambodia has received international praise for improvements in maternal and child health. The Ministry…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health A new wave of attention and research is now focused on one of the world’s most vulnerable populations: adolescents. In the developing world, there…

By: Vandana Tripathi, Deputy Director, Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth EngenderHealth, which leads the USAID-supported Fistula Care Plus (FC+) project, and the Maternal Health Task Force recently co-convened two meetings on obstetric fistula in Boston,…

By: Mary Nell Wegner, Executive Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative On July 8-11, the MHTF had the privilege of co-hosting two meetings with the Fistula Care Plus project, led by EngenderHealth. It was a terrific opportunity…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health A quarter of HIV-positive women surveyed in Mesoamerica reported health care workers pressured them into sterilization, recent research shows. This…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health This month the WHO came out with “Birth defects surveillance: Atlas of selected congenital anomalies.” This guide, with illustrations and…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The release of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership’s report, “The Contribution of Malaria Control to Maternal and Newborn Health,” made…

This article originally appeared on the Women Deliver blog on July 7th, 2014 Since their implementation fourteen years ago, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have made critical strides, yet challenges remain for girls, women and young…