Maternal Health

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant Yesterday, September 26 was World Contraception Day, a global event that seeks to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted. To mark the event, partners from around the world gathered in person and online to discuss…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant A special panel discussion on women’s and children’s health was held yesterday at the UN General Assembly. A full video of the event is now available for viewing via UN Web TV. As the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant As world leaders gather at the UN General Assembly to review progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and considers the framework that will follow the 2015 MDG deadline, the Partnership for Maternal,…

Next week, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will meet in New York, and progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be high on the agenda. Along with the UNGA, NGOs, governments and other leaders will assess progress and discuss the way…

The Women & Health Initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health is in search of a qualified Technical Writer and Communications Coordinator to join the MHTF team. If you are passionate about maternal health, and have experience in science…

By: Alison Chatfield, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative The first 1,000 days of life is well-established as a critical time for the interconnected health of the mother-baby pair, as well as for the individual needs…

On September 18, our colleagues at IDEAS will hold the latest in their series of web seminars on critical issues in maternal health. This month’s seminar will explore issues related to improving health service delivery to meet the needs of child brides.…

By: Dr. Joseph Ruminjo, EngenderHealth; Pamela Barnes, EngenderHealth This post was originally posted on the Huffington Post’s Global Motherhood blog. We are thrilled to be in Uganda to recognize the achievements of…

By: Sarah Blake, MHTF consultant As part of a theme issue on “Women’s health beyond reproduction – a new agenda,” the current issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization features an interview with Ana Langer, Director of the Maternal Health…

MalariaCare is hosting a webinar on the theme Getting to universal diagnosis and treatment of malaria on September 25, from 9:00 am to 10:30 am (EDT). The webinar will be a great opportunity to continue exploring themes related to malaria in pregnancy,…