Supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) and Maternova are partnering on a project aiming to increase access to skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care for women in Chiapas, Mexico—through the use of mobile technologies for health (mHealth). From an email announcement I received from ARHP on Tuesday (5/11): [...]
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Policy Discussion on Transportation and Referral for Maternal Health: Join the Dialogue in D.C. or Online!
Posted in Announcement, Bolivia, Ghana, India, News, tagged "Emergency 108" call system, Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, ambulances, archived webcast, Bolivia, CARE, CARE-Bolivia, coordination, donor community, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), funding, Ghana, Ghana Health Service, global health priorities, GVK Emergency Management Institute, health systems, Improving Transportation and Referral for Maternal Health, India, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, knowledge sharing, live webcast, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal mortality, MHTF, MHTF Blog, obstetric nets manager, private sector, public sector, referral systems, research, road infrastructure, skilled birth attendant, skilled birth attendants, Subodh Satyawadi, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, Victor Conde Altamirano, Wilson Center, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 fifth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health: Improving Transportation and Referral for Maternal Health. The event will be held on May 20th from [...]
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 [...]
Policy Discussion on Family Planning in Fragile States THIS THURSDAY!
Posted in Announcement, Events, News, tagged Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, CEDPA, Centre for Development and Population Activities, Columbia University, conflict settings, disaster settings, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, fragile states, Grace Kodindo, infant mortality, Karima Tunau, maternal death, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal mortality, MHTF, Nabila Zar Malick, newborn death, newborn health, peacebuilding efforts, Population and Family Health, Rahnuma Family Planning Association of Pakistan, reproductive health, reproductive health in conflict settings, Sandra Krause, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, Usmanu Danpodiyo Hospital, Washington DC, webcast, Women's Refugee Commission, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just a reminder! This event will happen this Thursday, April 29th! The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative and Environmental Change and Security Program, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have announced the fourth event of the series on Advancing Policy [...]
Letters to the Editor Add New Dimension to the Coverage of the Recent Lancet Publication on Maternal Mortality
Posted in News, tagged advocacy, African Mothers Health Initiative, child marriage, discrimination against women, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), EmOC, family planning, health systems strengthening, HIV, HIV service, HIV/AIDS, human rights, inability to own property, Joanne Jorissen Chiwaula, Lancet, Letter to the Editor, Mary Robinson, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, millennium development goal 5, Nicholas Kristof, On the Ground, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, recent findings, reproductive choices, reproductive health, sexual violence, The Lancet, unsafe abortion on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On April 13th 2010, the New York Times published an article, Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe, about the recent findings published in the Lancet that suggest a dramatic reduction in global maternal mortality. Since then, the paper has published a series of Letters to the Editor. These letters come from leaders of organizations working on reproductive [...]
Policy Discussion on Family Planning in Fragile States
Posted in Events, News, tagged Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, CEDPA, Centre for Development and Population Activities, Columbia University, conflict settings, disaster settings, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, fragile states, Grace Kodindo, infant mortality, Karima Tunau, maternal death, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal mortality, MHTF, Nabila Zar Malick, newborn death, newborn health, peacebuilding efforts, Population and Family Health, Rahnuma Family Planning Association of Pakistan, reproductive health, reproductive health in conflict settings, Sandra Krause, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, Usmanu Danpodiyo Hospital, Washington DC, webcast, Women's Refugee Commission, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative and Environmental Change and Security Program, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have announced the fourth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health. MHTF Blog The event, Family Planning in [...]
PBS Special on Maternal Health in Peru Describes a Program Designed to Meet the Needs of Pregnant Women in Remote Villages
Posted in News, Peru, tagged Andes, Casa Materna, delivery, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), indigenous women, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, maternity homes, MDG5, multimedia, newborn health, newborn mortality, PBS, Peru, pregnancy care, Ray Suarez, remote villages, safe delivery, skilled attendance, skilled birth attendant, traditional birthing chairs, traditional birthing practices, transportation, video, Vilcashuaman on April 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ray Suarez of PBS, travels to Peru to investigate how health officials, obstetricians, nurses and activists are making better use of existing resources and linking pregnant women to those resources—all in hopes of seeing a reduction in maternal deaths. In this article and video, Suarez reports on a system of maternity homes, homes where pregnant women from [...]
Maternal Health Policy Series: Maternal and Newborn Health as a Priority for Strengthening Health Systems
Posted in Opportunities in Maternal Health, tagged Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, Agnes Soucat, Columbia University, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), EngenderHealth, Harvard University School of Public Health, health systems strengthening, Helen de Pinho, Julio Frenk, Maternal and Newborn Health as a Priority for Strengthening Health Systems, maternal health, Maternal Health Policy Series, Maternal Health Task Force, MHTF, newborn health, UNFPA, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative, Woodrow WIlson International Center for Scholars, World Bank on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at EngenderHealth, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have announced the third event, Maternal and Newborn Health as a Priority for Strengthening Health Systems, in their series, Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health. MHTF Blog The event will be held on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sierra Leone Reports Success in Reducing Maternal Mortality
Posted in Sierra Leone, tagged access, Dr. Kisito Daoh, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), Martine Ward, maternal death, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, National Maternal Death Review Committee, National Maternal Death Review Committee dialogue meeting, President Koroma, reproductive health, reproductive health services, Sierra Leone on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A fall in the number of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth was announced at a National Maternal Death Review Committee dialogue meeting. Cocorioko “Dr Kisito Daoh, chief medical officer of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, said the implementation of a maternal death review had been essential due to the high number of women [...]
Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium Releases Statement on the Earthquake in Haiti
Posted in Haiti, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, ARVs, birth control, c-section, cesarean section, clean delivery kits, contraception, contraceptives, disaster relief, displaced women, earthquake, emergency contraception, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian women, HIV/AIDS, infant health, internally displaced people, maternal health, maternal morbidity, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, pregnancy complications, pregnant women, refugees, relief efforts, Reproductive Health in Conflict Consortium, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, Reproductive Health Response in Crisis Consortium, reproductive health services, safe delivery kits, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, skilled birth attendant, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, youth on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium applauds current relief efforts in Haiti while calling on humanitarian actors to provide lifesaving reproductive health services for women displaced by the earthquake. The RHRC Consortium The RHRC Consortium calls on humanitarian actors to meet the needs of women and girls—including the 63,000 pregnant women in Port au [...]
March of Dimes is Donating $100,000 to UNICEF to Meet the Urgent Needs of Pregnant Women and Babies in Haiti
Posted in Haiti, Public Health and Technology, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, unmet need, tagged access, baby formula, breastfeeding, diapers, Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, earthquake, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), folic acid, formula, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian women, infant formula, infant health, infant mortality, March of Dimes, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, multivitamins, newborn care, nutrition, orphans, pregnancy, pregnant women, premature birth, prematurity, prenatal care, reproductive health, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, reproductive health services, safe water, sanitation, skilled birth attendant, UNICEF, unmet need on January 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
March of Dimes “The March of Dimes has made a grant to UNICEF to help thousands of pregnant women, mothers and babies in Haiti imperiled by the devastating earthquake and its aftermath. ‘The March of Dimes is deeply concerned about the thousands of pregnant women and moms caring for infants in Haiti, especially extremely fragile [...]
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 [...]
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