Maternal Health

In 2009, the Maternal Health Task Force partnered with Ashoka to launch the first ever international fellowship focused specifically on maternal health. We called it the Young Champions of Maternal Health.  Ifeyinwa Madu Egwaoje, a young woman from…

This Friday, April 20th, our colleagues at IntraHealth are bringing together “thought leaders, inventors, industry greats, tech superstars, multi-disciplinary entrepreneurs, academics, crisis responders, innovators, brand-makers, communication…

Global Health Strategies is looking for a Reproductive Health Manager to work with the firm’s senior staff and consultants to develop and implement advocacy and communications strategies for Global Health Strategies’ clients. Clip from the…

By: Shafia Rashid, Family Care International There is ample evidence illustrating that the health of a woman and her newborn baby are intimately connected. We know that: most maternal and newborn deaths are caused by the mother’s poor health before…

MANDATE (Maternal and Neonatal Directed Assessment of Technology), a project of RTI International, has developed a series of technology briefs that provide extensive information about a number of technologies in use (and under development) to prevent,…

In an effort to foster the next generation of global health researchers and strengthen global health research programs at U.S. and foreign institutions, Fogarty International Center along with partners at the National Institutes of Health have…

At the April 5 TEDxChange event, Melinda Gates gave a speech that the  Gates Foundation has described as the launch event for “a major push for the foundation around the critical role family planning plays in advancing women’s…

Last year, the World Health Organization published a document titled, “Compendium of New and Emerging Health Technologies“. The document is an interesting resource that provides one page summaries of several technologies that are under…

Global Health and Diplomacy (GHD) is looking for an Editorial Intern to assist in writing short articles, updating social media, and performing other tasks.     Be sure to check out the maternal and child health section of Global…

On March 13, DFID announced their Health Research Competition for the Development of New Technologies to Impact Diseases of Poverty. The competition will fund research projects on a number of global health issues–including malaria in pregnancy,…