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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘child health’
$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 [...]
Countdown to 2015 Releases Decade Report (2000-2010)
Posted in Announcement, News, tagged child health, child mortality, Countdown to 2015, Countdown to 2015 Decade Report (2000-2010), download the report, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG4, MDG5, Millennium Development Goal 4, millennium development goal 5, newborn health, newborn mortality, official launch, progress, Women Deliver, Women Deliver Conference on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The official launch of the Countdown to 2015 Decade Report (2000-2010) will be at the Women Deliver and Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival conferences next week (the Countdown meeting is being held in conjunction with Women Deliver) –but the report is now available to download on the Countdown to 2015 website. [...]
Global Progress on Maternal Health: Dr. Fred Sai Asks, “Where is Africa”?
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Lesotho, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, tagged 1980, 1990, Africa, child health, conflict, corruption, Cote d'Ivoire, Dr. Fred Sai, education, food shortages, Ghana, Ghanaian government, governance, heath systems, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Lancet, Lesotho, Malawi, maternal and child health, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, new estimates, newborn health, Nigeria, ONE, poverty, reproductive health, Rwanda, Women Deliver, Women Deliver 2010, Women Deliver Conference, Zimbabwe on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Fred Sai is co-host of Women Deliver 2010, former reproductive health and HIV/AIDS advisor to the Ghanaian government, and has spent 40 years working to improve the health of women and children in Ghana and throughout Africa. In his June 2nd blog post, A New Role For Africans in Maternal Health, on the ONE [...]
The Lancet and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Invite You to a Symposium on Measuring the Progress on Maternal and Child Mortality
Posted in Events, News, Opportunities in Maternal Health, tagged analytic approaches, Centre for Global Health Research, child health, data, ICF Macro, IHME, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Inter-American Development Bank, Kaiser Family Foundation, maternal and child health, maternal health, methods, Ministry of Health in Mexico, mortality rates, Richard Horton, The Lancet, University of Queensland, University of Tokyo, University of Toronto, WHO, World Bank on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The symposium, Measuring the Progress on Maternal and Child Mortality: Data, Alternative Methods, and Findings, will be held on May 24th from 11:15am to 5pm at the Washington D.C. Kaiser Family Foundation office, immediately following a 9:30am policy forum on maternal and child health organized by the Kaiser Family Foundation. This all day symposium will [...]
Can You Identify the Ten Best–and Worst–Places in the World to Be a Mother?
Posted in Afghanistan, Australia, News, Norway, tagged 11th Annual "Mothers' Inex, Afghanistan, Australia, best places to be a mother, bottom ten places to be a mothers, child health, community health workers, country comparisons, female health workers, front line health workers, infant health, International Confederation of Midwives, maternal and child health, maternal health, newborn health, Norway, Save the Children, State of the World's Mothers Report 2010, top ten places to be a mother, UNFPA, worst places to be a mother on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A new report by Save the Children, “State of the World’s Mothers 2010,” identifies Norway as the best place in the world to be a mother–and Afghanistan as the worst. Save the Children The focus of the report is on the shortage of front line health workers in developing countries–and the critical need to train [...]
Malnutrition: Major Factor in Maternal, Child and Infant Mortality in Nigeria
Posted in News, Nigeria, tagged child health, child mortality, Food Basket Foundation International, infant mortality, malnutrition, maternal health, maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, newborn health, newborn mortality, Nigeria, nutrition, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Professor Ignatius Onimawo, University of Ibadan on March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
AllAfrica.com reports that the Nutrition Society of Nigeria is calling for a review of the current national food and nutrition policy—stating that malnutrition accounts for 60% of avoidable maternal, child and infant mortality in Nigeria. allAfrica.com President of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Professor Ignatius Onimawo spoke at the opening ceremony of the 21st anniversary [...]
Call for Nominations: The Board of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Seeks an Academic Expert in Maternal Health
Posted in Announcement, Opportunities in Maternal Health, tagged Board member, child health, maternal health, maternal health expert, newborn health, nomination, opportunity in maternal health, Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, PMNCH, PMNCH Board, WHO on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Board of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) has issued a call for nominations for a new representative to fill an available seat on the Board, and invites your organization to nominate an academic expert in maternal health. Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health “The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health is [...]
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 [...]
Mobile Cinema Raises Issue of Female Genital Cutting in Mali
Posted in Mali, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, tagged Africa, child health, female circumcision, female genital cutting, human rights, International Day against Female Genital Mutilation, Mali, maternal death, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Middle East, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, mobile cinema, pregnancy complications, UNICEF on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The mobile cinema, backed by UNICEF, is traveling from village to village in Mali screening films that encourage communities to talk openly about maternal and child health issues. After the screening, project leaders hold open discussions with communities about female genital cutting—and the health implications of the practice. SOS Children’s Villages “More than 85 per [...]
Launched Today: A Collection of Personal Stories of Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, Afghanistan, child health, Dari, early marriage, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis, journalistic capacity building, Kabul, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, midwives, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, nutrition, Pashto, radio project, remote, reproductive health, reproductive health services, rural, sex education, skilled birth attendant, transport, transportation, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, Veil of Tears, villages on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Veil of Tears is a collection of transcribed interviews with children, women, and men in Afghanistan about loss in childbirth. These interviews are part of IRIN’s Kabul-based radio project, which closed at the end of 2009 after six years of humanitarian radio production and journalistic capacity building in Afghanistan. IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis “In Veil [...]
Pathfinder International Launches Video to Raise Awareness and Money for Women’s Rights and Health
Posted in Public Health and Technology, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, activism, adolescents, birth control, child health, child marriage, contraception, contraceptives, early marriage, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, funding, fundraising campaign, hemorrhage, HIV/AIDS, human rights, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Pathfinder International, Public Health and Technology, sex education, sex trafficking, skilled birth attendant, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, video, women's rights, youth on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Watch and share Pathfinder’s video, Girl2Woman, that outlines the challenges related to sexual and reproductive health that girls face throughout their lives. Every video shared raises $1 for Pathfinder International programs—-up to $1 million. Visit the Girl2Woman site to see more information about the initiative and an interactive time line that outlines stages of life [...]
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