Maternal Health

By: Jennifer Horsley, Editorial Project Coordinator, PLOS Collections This blog post was originally posted on Speaking of Medicine, the blog of the PLOS Medical Journals’ Community. The post highlights the June 2nd, 2014 launch of Year 3 of the…

By: Annie Kearns, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative For the past nine months, the Adding Content to Contact (ACC) project at the Women and Health Initiative has been working to systematically assess the obstacles…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Last week newborn health gained critical attention and commitment. On May 24th, 2014 the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) was endorsed by all…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health This week The Lancet released its series: Every Newborn. The publication was purposefully timed concurrently with the Sixty-seventh annual…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Caffeine can help us start our day or get us through a drowsy afternoon. But did you know caffeine can also help prevent a premature baby from…

By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Some view the rate of Cesarean sections as ubiquitous, others scarce. Either way, rates that deviate far from the WHO’s recommended rate of 15…

May 05, 2014 12:00pm — 2:00pm Event Co-sponsors: Global Sustainability and Resilience Program As part of the MHTF and Woodrow Wilson Center’s Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health series, this maternal health dialogue will discuss equitable…

Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) is not only a substantial contributor to maternal mortality and morbidity in malaria-endemic regions, but also leads to neonatal mortality, low birth weight babies, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, premature delivery, and…

Ana Langer, Director of the Women and Health Initiative and the Maternal Health Task Force, and Robert LeVine, Roy Edward Larsen Professor of Education and Human Development, discussed the connection between literacy and health in a round table…

Princess Sarah Zeid, champion of the White Ribbon Alliance, is holding the World Bank accountable for reproductive health commitments. Her article on The Huffington Post earlier this week emphasized the importance of keeping maternal and newborn health…