Maternal Health

Johnson & Johnson (who recently also launched Text4Baby) and the Huffington Post have teamed up to create a new section in the Huffington Post. Global Motherhood will serve as a platform for discussion and learning on the issues that mothers face…

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF mothers2mothers (m2m) broadly works to enhance the delivery and success of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services. By employing HIV-positive peer educators, m2m seeks to boost the…

In the maternal and reproductive health fields, we often discuss the importance of involving men. While there is certainly evidence that male involvement can lead to better health outcomes, there are potential downsides that are rarely discussed. A…

This week on the MHTF blog: Melinda Gates answers questions as she travels in Bangladesh Ana Langer welcomed the MHTF to Harvard on GlobalMama A focus on promoting Respectful Maternity Care is emerging Emily Puckart on MaiMwana and community…

The second and third installments of Melinda Gates’ answers to reader questions are now available. Topics include access to contraceptives in Bangladesh: Bangladesh has made huge improvements in getting women access to contraceptives since…

Dr. Ana Langer has written a post on our Medscape blog, GlobalMama, that describes the future outlook for the MHTF: Our partners were virtually unanimous in calling for more educational opportunity for those interested in maternal health, especially…

Last week, we linked to an opportunity to submit questions for Melinda Gates and Nick Kristoff as Ms. Gates travels throughout Bangladesh. This week, Impatient Optimists has posted the first of the responses. A second installment will be published…

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF Supported by the Maternal Health Task Force, MaiMwana piloted a project to strengthen the current Maternal Death Review system in Malawi through a village-level program of maternal death audits. The project used…

This week on the MHTF blog: Ask Melinda Gates a question about maternal and child health as she travels in Bangladesh The top ten highlights for maternal health in 2011 from Women Deliver Project updates from CIESAS and ICDDR,B Some reading…

By: Emily Puckart, Program Associate, MHTF Since May 2010, the MHTF has supported the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social (CIESAS) in conducting an assessment of the Advance Life Support for Obstetrics Program (ALSO).…