Maternal Health

By: Kate Mitchell, Manager of the MHTF Knowledge Management System, Women and Health Initiative The World Health Organization recently launched a new website with detailed recommendations for how countries can improve access to critical…

In a new post on the Guardian’s Global Development Professionals network, Global health is growing in prominence – now what?, Alanna Shaikh, a leading health and international development blogger, writes about the growing field of global…

A new post, Above All, Do No Harm: The Sad State of Health Care Quality in Rural Madhya Pradesh, on the Center for Global Development Blog offers an informative summary of a recent publication, In Urban And Rural India, A Standardized…

Our colleagues at Women Deliver and The Lancet have recently issued a call for papers for an upcoming special issue of The Lancet that will coincide with the Women Deliver conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in May 2013. From…

Are you presenting at the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013 in Arusha, Tanzania? Do you plan to tune in to the live stream to view sessions remotely? Join the team of guest bloggers for the conference! With GMHC2013 right around the corner, the…

By: Jocalyn Clark, Senior Magazine Editor, PLOS Medicine We are delighted to announce the theme for year 2 of our Maternal Health Collection, a partnership between PLOS and the Maternal Health Task Force at Harvard School of Public Health. We invite…

Apply today! The Young Champions of Maternal Health program is now seeking a Young Champion of Maternal Health in Mexico! To reduce maternal mortality and morbidity over the long-term, emerging public health leaders need to be equipped with the…

The International Herald Tribune, the New York Times’ global edition, recently ran a number of stories in the Female Factor section of the IHT that explore educational and professional opportunities and challenges for women across Asia. One…

In honor of International Day to End Violence Against Women, Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, shared a piece, We Can Only End Violence Against Women Together, on the Huffington Post. From…

On November 9th, PLOS ONE published an article, Maternal Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination and Neonatal Mortality in Rural North India, that examines the impact of antenatal vaccination in rural northern India, a setting with persistent high neonatal…