The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) invite you to attend (or watch online) the sixth event of the series, Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health: The Impact of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity on Economic Development. The event will take place on July [...]
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Join the Conversation: The Impact of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity on Economic Development
Posted in Events, Opportunities in Maternal Health, South Africa, Videos, tagged Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, donor investment, Dr. Nomonde Xundu, economic development, education, foreign policy, GDP, gender equality, health policy, investing in women and girls, live webcast, Mary Ellen Stanton, maternal death, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, Mayra Buvinic, MHTF, newborn death, policy implications, productivity, small businesses, smart economics, South Africa, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, unpaid work, USAID, videos, webcast, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative, Woodrow WIlson International Center for Scholars, World Bank on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Peer-to-Peer Health Care Delivery Model: Ecuadorian Teens Deliver Injectable Contraceptives to Peers
Posted in Ecuador, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, activism, adolescents, birth control, CEMOPLAF, Chimborazo, CHW, community health workers, condoms, contraception, contraceptives, Ecuador, education, family planning, HIV/AIDS, indigenous, injectable contraception, injectables, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, reproductive health, reproductive health services, sex education, skilled birth attendant, task sharing, task-shifting, teens, the pill, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, youth on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Planned Parenthood Federation of America and CEMOPLAF, an Ecuadorian reproductive health organization, are working together to train Ecuadorian teens to become community health workers in the Chimborazo region of central Ecuador. Global Health Magazine “Ecuador has the highest adolescent fertility rate in Latin America, and this skyrockets when we’re talking about rural or indigenous youth. [...]
Hillary Clinton Will Reaffirm U.S. Commitment to Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services
Posted in unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged 15th Anniversary, 2015, access, activism, adolescents, birth control, Cairo, contraception, contraceptives, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, funding, Hillary Clinton, human rights, International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, reproductive health, reproductive health services, Secretary of State, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sex education, skilled birth attendant, U.S. government, UN agreements, unintended pregnancy, United Nations, unmet need, youth on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech comes in time for the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and marks a renewed support for and dedication to reaching the goals of ICPD and other related UN agreements, including the Millennium Development Goals, by 2015. ICPD called on governments and development agencies [...]
Hillary Clinton to Commemorate the 15th Anniversary of ICPD
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged access, Cairo, child health, education, Hillary Clinton, infant health, maternal health, maternal mortality, Millennium Development Goals, reproductive health services, U.S. Department of State, UN agreements, United Nation's International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), universal access, US Government on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver a speech commemorating the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) U.S. Department of State “During the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, 179 nations reached consensus on actions needed to achieve over the next 20 [...]
University of Pretoria Awards Maternal Health Hero for her Contributions to Humanity
Posted in Somaliland, tagged Chancellor's Medal, Dr. Edna Adan Ismail, Edna Adan Hospital, education, human rights, maternal health, maternal mortality, Nicholas Kristof, skilled birth attendant, Somaliland, University of Pretoria, volunteer opportunities on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Edna Adan Ismail of Somaliland receives the Chancellor’s Medal for her outstanding contribution to humanity Somaliland Globe “I accept this award on behalf of the women of Somaliland and Africa who have the highest maternal mortality rate in the world and who die because they are poor. Our women die because they lack care [...]
Will the passing of a new law in Guatemala increase access to birth control and sex education?
Posted in Guatemala, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, unmet need, tagged birth control, contraception, education, family planning, family planning law, Guatemala, Incide Joven, infant mortality, maternal mortality, Millennium Development Goals, Observatory on Reproductive Health, reproductive health, sex education, unitended pregnancy, unmet need on December 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
GUATEMALA Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) In 2005, a family planning law was passed in Guatemala–and went into effect on Oct. 30th, 2009. Mirna Montenegro, with the Observatory on Reproductive Health, highlighted for IPS the two key aspects of the new family planning law: a sex education curriculum for primary schools and the creation [...]
UNFPA releases 2009 State of the World Population Report
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged climate change, economic development, education, family planning, fertility, poverty on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UNFPA Facing a Changing World: Women, Population and Climate The report shows that investments that empower women and girls—particularly education and health—bolster economic development and reduce poverty and have a beneficial impact on climate. Girls with more education, for example, tend to have smaller and healthier families as adults. Women with access to reproductive health [...]
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