Maternal Health

Over the past couple of weeks, our team has identified several exciting opportunities to work on projects relating to maternal health and/or global health knowledge management around the world—including posts in Ethiopia, India, Kenya,…

By: Payal Chandiramani, The Wilson Center Obstetric fistula is “not just a medical issue, but a human issue,” said Dr. Luc de Bernis, senior maternal health advisor at UNFPA, during a September 27 panel discussion at the Wilson Center. Obstetric fistula,…

On October 9th, 2012, PLoS Medicine published a paper, Serious and Life-Threatening Pregnancy-Related Infections: Opportunities to Reduce the Global Burden, that describes the global burden of pregnancy-related infections (including and…

A recent study in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth explored levels of institutional delivery service utilization and the associated factors in Munisa Woreda, South East Ethiopia. Take a look at the abstract here: Background Reducing maternal morbidity…

The Maternal Health Task Force, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Global Health Initiative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and PATH are delighted to invite you to an upcoming dialogue! The dialogue, Strategic Steps for…

In honor of International Day of the Girl Child, Ann K. Blanc, Vice President and Director of Poverty, Gender and Youth at the Population Council and Senior Advisor to the Maternal Health Task Force, shared a blog post on the Huffington…

From our colleagues at Catapult: Catapult.org Launches First Crowdfunding Site Focused on Equality for Girls and Women New York, NY, October 11, 2012 – Today, on International Day of the Girl Child, global advocacy organization Women Deliver…

The Maternal Health Task Force is delighted to announce that the application process for the second cohort of Young Champions of Maternal Health is now open! Applications are currently being accepted from candidates from Ethiopia, India, and Nigeria. …

By: Amy Boldosser, Director, Global Advocacy Program, Family Care International Family Care International was proud to partner with Merck for Mothers and Women Deliver to host a stimulating and provocative discussion on The Role of Private Providers in…

By: Jason Rosenberg, Chief Operating Officer, Jibon Health Technologies Jibon Health Technologies is a social enterprise startup that I co-founded along with four biomedical engineers from Columbia University. Our project, which was the culmination of a…