Maternal Health

Earlier this week, a Maternal Health Dialogue Series event focused on maternal morbidities and discussed why they are often neglected even within the maternal health field. A full summary and video of the event will be available soon through the Wilson…

Written by: Ashoka We are excited to announce the latest edition of Stories of Change, an electronic book series that tells the stories of changemakers from across Ashoka’s community. This fourth volume, called In Their Own Words: The Young Champions…

The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative in coordination with the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) invite you to a discussion of: Silent Suffering: Maternal Morbidities in Developing Countries …

This week on the MHTF blog: An update from the Department of Community Medicine on screening for anemia Which countries will reach MDGs 4 and 5? Who does Jacaranda Health’s marketing? Its customers A new World Bank blog introduces us…

As we approach 2015, conversations about the quality of data for generating estimates of various indicators is gaining steam. According to a recent paper, very few countries are on track to meet MDGs 4 and 5 based on the estimate available.…

The World Bank blogs provide an excellent resource to learn about the work the Bank is doing and other aspects of development. Whether it is Development Impact or Africa Can End Poverty there is a wealth of information from experts on a variety of…

By: Nick Sowden, Sales and Marketing Manager, Jacaranda Health The following post originally appeared on Jacaranda’s blog. It is reposted here with permission. At Jacaranda Health, we often say that we’re not great marketers, but our customers…

With maternal mortality estimates published last year by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and the United Nations, and the recent neonatal mortality estimates, it became relatively clear that most countries would not meet the ambitions set…

The following is part of a series of project updates from the Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. MHTF is supporting their project, Measuring Economic Impact of Maternal Morbidity. More information on MHTF supported…

This week on the MHTF blog: A report on Sierra Leone from Amnesty International A new event in the Maternal Health Dialogue Series Changemakers competition from Ashoka A discussion of appropriate technology in The Guardian Some reading…