On July 1st, the Women Deliver team announced the top five highlights from the 2010 conference (June 7-9). See below for a summary of the conference highlights–with links to publications, videos, photos, and additional information that came out of the conference. This post was originally posted on the Women Deliver website and is reposted on [...]
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$150 Million to Improve the Reproductive, Maternal, Child, and Neonatal Health of the Poorest 20% of Mesoamerica
Posted in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, News, Nicaragua, Panama, tagged access, Belize, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Carlos Slim Health Institute, child health, child nutrition, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Gates Foundation, Guatemala, Honduras, Inter-American Development Bank, maternal health, maternal nutrition, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican Public Health System, Mexico, neonatal health, neonatal nutrition, Nicaragua, Panama, Proyecto Mesoamerica, public-private partnerships, reproductive health, Salud Mesoamerica 2015, SM 2015, Spanish Government, vaccines on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In an effort to improve the reproductive health, maternal and neonatal health, maternal and child nutrition and access/use of vaccines of the poorest 20% of Mesoamerica (which translates to 8 million people in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize and the southern states of Mexico), the Gates Foundation, the Carlos Slim Health [...]
Globe and Mail Editorial: When It Comes To Maternal Health, Let Africans Decide
Posted in News, tagged abortion, access, Africa, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), empowerment, family planning, G20, G8, G8/G20, Global Fund to fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, illegal abortion, maternal health, maternal mortality, pregnancy, unsafe abortion, women's empowerment on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An editorial published in the Globe and Mail on Monday calls on Canadians to “abandon posturing over funding abortion overseas,” and turn to a new focus for their plans to improve maternal health abroad: a new facility focused entirely on maternal and child health at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The [...]
New Evidence Suggests that Maternal Deaths Have Plummeted: Seems Like a Time to Celebrate (Not Hide the Evidence)?
Posted in China, India, News, Uncategorized, tagged access, access to health care, China, Chris Murray, Dr. Christopher Murray, Dr. Horton, education, Freakonomics, hand washing, Hungarian, Ignaz Semmelweis, India, Lancet, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, new estimates, new evidence, new findings, nutrition, puerperal fever, Richard Horton, skilled attendants, The Lancet, women's health on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Several leading media outlets are covering the news of dramatic global declines in maternal deaths–and raising questions about why a group of women’s health advocates pressured the Lancet to delay publishing the findings… The New York Times “…The study cited a number of reasons for the improvement: lower pregnancy rates in some countries; higher income, [...]
World Health Day: A Look at Maternal Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Posted in News, tagged maternal mortality, maternal health, integration of health services, Millennium Development Goals, access, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal morbidity, MDG5, Women Deliver, pregnancy complications, integration, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, millennium development goal 5, World Health Organization, access to health care, MHTF, Kate Mitchell, World Health Day, Urbanization and Health, neglected tropical diseases, urban slum populations, global conferences, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Global Health Initiative, Dr. Peter J. Hotez, deworming, hookworm, anemia, perinatal morbidity, school attendance, bednets, rural populations on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of World Health Day, I wrote a post for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases blog, End the Neglect. The post looks at the relationship between these two historically neglected global health issues–and calls for more integration. End the Neglect “The theme of this year’s World Health Day is “Urbanization and Health.” [...]
Cambodia: Despite Improvements in Health Services, Maternal Mortality Remains High
Posted in Cambodia, News, tagged access, Cambodia, child mortality, clean water, communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, inequities, malaria, malnutrition, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, road traffic accidents, rural health, sanitation, stunting, TB, vaccine preventable diseases on March 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Cambodian News reports that while Cambodia’s health system has improved over the past decade, maternal mortality has seen no real improvement. Cambodian News “Cambodia’s health system has improved over the past decade resulting in significant reduction of child mortality, reduction of mortality and morbidity due to communicable diseases such as HIV/ AIDS, TB and malaria, vaccine preventable diseases, [...]
Short Film Released Today by Amnesty International UK: Celebrities Call on the UK Government to Make Maternal and Newborn Health a Priority in International Development Assistance
Posted in Announcement, United Kingdom, USA, Videos, tagged access, Amnesty International, Annie Lennox, Beverley Knight, Colin Salmon, Dervla Kirwan, film, health insurance, infant health, international development assistance, James Purefoy, Jonathan Pryce, Keira Knightley, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, newborn health, poverty, Save the Children, UK, USA, video, White Ribbon Alliance on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Keira Knightley, Annie Lennox, James Purefoy, Beverley Knight, Dervla Kirwan, Colin Salmon and Jonathan Pryce appear in the three minute film and call on the UK Government to prioritize international maternal and newborn health. amnesty.org.uk “…Earlier this week a coalition of organisations including Amnesty, Save the Children and the White Ribbon Alliance, revealed that the rate of [...]
In Post-Earthquake Haiti, Many Women are Giving Birth in “Squalid Conditions.”
Posted in Haiti, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, unmet need, tagged access, access to health care, Champs de Mars, disaster relief, disaster settings, Dr. Jonathan Evans, earthquake, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, international aid, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, midwives, Patrick Farrell, Port-au-Prince General Hospital, post-earthquake, pregnancy complications, pregnant women, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, supply shortages, University of Miami, unmet need on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
International aid groups and public hospitals are struggling to keep up with births in post-earthquake Haiti. The city still lacks adequate numbers of health workers and supplies–leaving many pregnant women without access to obstetric care services. Miami Herald “..There are new concerns for the 63,000 pregnant women now living in Port-au-Prince. More than 7,000 are [...]
Can Canada Lead G8 on Improving Maternal Health in Developing Countries—and Avoid Abortion Politics?
Posted in Canada, tagged abortion, abortion politics, access, birth control, child health, child mortality, clean water, contraception, contraceptives, diagnostics, Elizabeth Payne, family planning, G8, G8 countries, Hillary Clinton, Keith Martin, maternal death, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG4, MDG5, micro-nutrients, nutrition, primary health care, reproductive health, reproductive health services, water on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Elizabeth Payne, Editorial Board member of the Ottawa Citizen, outlines a plan/suggestion by Keith Martin, medical doctor and maternal health expert, for G8 countries to tackle maternal mortality in developing countries. Ottawa Citizen “…Martin says the federal government must articulate exactly what it is going to do when it comes to the G8 maternal health [...]
On NPR Morning Edition: A Look at U.S. Policy on Family Planning Abroad
Posted in the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, Bush Administration, contraception, contraceptives, education, family planning, Hillary Clinton, HIV counseling and treatment, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, NPR, Obama Administration, reproductive health, reproductive health services, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sex education, U.S. policy, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, US policy on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
National Public Radio “During the Bush administration, conservatives opposed even the use of the term “reproductive health services.” U.S. support for family planning abroad declined significantly. Now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that under the Obama administration, millions of women worldwide will have greater access to family planning, contraception and HIV counseling and treatment.” [...]
PBS Special on Maternal Health in Haiti Viewable Online
Posted in Haiti, Public Health and Technology, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, ambulance, Ann Starrs, birth control, Bureau for International Reporting (BIR), contraceptives, earthquake, education, Family Care International, family planning, global health, Haiti, Haitian Health Foundation, HIV/AIDS, journalism, maternal death, maternal health, maternal health supplies, maternal mortality, MDG5, media, midwives, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, multimedia, NOW, NOW PBS, PBS, pre-natal, skilled birth attendant, transportation, UNFPA, unintended pregnancy, United Nations, unmet need, youth on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A NOW team from PBS recently went to Haiti to investigate high levels of maternal mortality in the country. They happened to be in the Haiti when the earthquake hit. In collaboration with the Bureau for International Reporting (BIR), a non-profit video news production company, PBS produced Saving Haiti’s Mothers, a show that examines the [...]
Baby Boom in Timor-Leste Comes With High Levels of Maternal Mortality
Posted in Timor-Leste, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, Afghanistan, Asia, birth control, conflict, early marriage, education, family planning, Indonesia, injectable contraception, IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis, Marie Stopes International, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, Melinda Mousaco, Millennium Development Goals, population growth, reproductive health, reproductive health services, rural health, sex education, Timor-Leste, unemployment, UNFPA, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, violence on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
According to UNFPA, Timor-Leste has a maternal mortality ratio of 660 deaths/100,000 live births IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis “According to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), women in Timor-Leste – the world’s newest independent nation and also Asia’s poorest – give birth to an average 6.38 children during their lifetime, one of the highest fertility [...]
New Report Shows Slow Progress in Cutting Maternal Deaths in Argentina
Posted in Argentina, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged abortion, access, Argentina, contraceptives, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), hygiene, infection, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Observatorio de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, political will, postpartum, pregnancy complications, reproductive health, sanitation, sex education, skilled birth attendant, unintended pregnancy, unmet need on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
According to a report by Observatorio de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, Argentina has the means to address maternal mortality, but fails to do so because of a lack of political will. Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) “…Argentina has a maternal mortality rate of 44 for every 100,000 live births – two and a half [...]
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