Colleagues at the Women’s Health and Empowerment Center of Expertise at the University of California Global Health Institute are working to develop a multidisciplinary book on women’s health and empowerment. The book will feature a set of case studies that examine the application of a specific disciplinary (or multi-discplinary) approach to addressing issues of women’s [...]
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Call for Abstracts: Textbook on Women’s Health and Empowerment to be Developed
Posted in News, Opportunities in Maternal Health, tagged abstracts, case studies, development studies, family planning, global health, HIV/AIDS, Katie Gifford, medical anthropology, multi-disciplinary, nomination, opportunities in maternal health, reproductive health, Safe Motherhood, sociology, textbook, UCSF, University of California Global Health Institute, Women's Health and Empowerment Center of Expertise on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
International Conference on Reproductive Health Management to be Held in Sudan, Scholarships for Accepted Abstracts
Posted in Announcement, News, Opportunities in Maternal Health, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, Sudan, tagged abstracts, community mobilization, conference, conference website, conflict settings, conflict zones, family planning, full papers, health financing, health workers, International Conference on Reproductive Health Management, Khartoum, MHTF Blog, November, reproductive health, reproductive health in emergency situations, Safe Motherhood, scholarships, sponsorship, Sudan, themes, unmet need, women focused service delivery on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This November, Sudan will host the International Conference on Reproductive Health Management. Abstracts and full papers are now being accepted across a variety of themes–and full scholarships will be provided for accepted abstracts and papers. Themes for the conference include the following: addressing unmet need for family planning, community mobilization for reproductive health, meeting the [...]
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 [...]
International Day of the Midwife: UNFPA and the International Confederation of Midwives Call on World Leaders to Address the Global Shortage of Midwives
Posted in Announcement, News, tagged childbirth, counselling, family planning, global standards, HIV transmission, HIV/AIDS, International Confederation of Midwives, International Day of the Midwife, International Day of the Midwife 2010, joint statement, marginalized populations, maternal death, MDG4, MDG5, MDG6, midwifery care, Millennium Development Goal 4, millennium development goal 5, Millennium Development Goal 6, Millennium Development Goals, postpartum, pregnancy, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of AIDS (PMTCT), UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, world leaders on May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today, May 5th, is International Day of the Midwife—and UNFPA and the International Confederation of Midwives have released a joint statement calling on world leaders to address the shortage of 350,000 midwives around the world. Their statement explains that increased investments in training midwives are critical to reaching the most marginalized communities–who typically lack access [...]
May 5th 2010: eConference on the Use of Mobile Technologies for Improving Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health Services
Posted in Announcement, Opportunities in Maternal Health, tagged cell phones, community health workers, continuum of care, eConference, family planning, free conference, gender, maternal health, May 5th, mHealth, mHealth Alliance, mobile technologies, mobile technology, neonatal health, newborn health, online conference, open source, reproductive health, Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS), USAID on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) and mHealth Alliance are holding a free online conference this Wednesday (May 5th) to discuss how mobile technologies can improve family planning and maternal and newborn health services in developing countries. The conference will include live discussions with mHealth leaders on a variety of topics including strengthening [...]
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 [...]
Can “Flipping Your Uterus” Prevent Pregnancy? And Other Beliefs Around Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Philippines…
Posted in News, Philippines, tagged Amina Evangelista Swanepoel, birth control, breast feeding, breast milk, drinking soap, family planning, flipping your uterus, health education, healthy pregnancies, maternal health, nutrition, Palawan, Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Pulang Lupa, reproductive health, reproductive health education, Roots of Health, scraping birth control pills, sexually transmitted infections, STI, STIs on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Roots of Health is an organization working to provide women, young mothers, and children in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines with educational, medical, and nutritional support–and they also have a program specific to ensuring healthy pregnancies. Amina Evangelista Swanepoel recently wrote a blog post on her work providing reproductive health education to women in the Philippines–and the interesting [...]
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 [...]
Free eConference Series: How Can Mobile Phone Technologies Improve Family Planning, Maternal and Newborn Services in the Developing World?
Posted in Events, News, tagged abstract, cell phones, conference, eConference, family planning, maternal health, mHealth Alliance, mobile phones, mobile technologies, mobile technology, newborn health, private sector, reproductive health, Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS), USAID on March 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A March 6th, 2010 post on Global Health Ideas provides info on an upcoming e-conference on the use of mobile technologies to improve family planning and maternal and newborn health services in developing countries. Global Health Ideas Online Conference May 5, 2010 “The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Strengthening Health Outcomes through the [...]
EngenderHealth Seeks Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal Health
Posted in Opportunities in Maternal Health, tagged abortion complications, eclampsia, EngenderHealth, essential obstetric care, family planning, fistula, fistula care, gender, HIV/AIDS, job, job listing, job opportunity, maternal health, Men as Partners (MAP), pre-eclampsia, Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal Health, unintended pregnancy on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
EngenderHealth Job Description “Maternal Health is one of EngenderHealth’s key Global Practice Areas. EngenderHealth Maternal Health programs include activities: essential obstetric care, management of abortion complications, management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, fistula care, and prevention of unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. The Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal Health, under the supervision of the Global Practice Leader [...]
Raising Awareness for the Global Unmet Need for Contraceptives: Pathfinder Launches Video Sharing Initiative
Posted in advocacy, unmet need, tagged 200 Thousand for 200 Million, activism, advocacy, awareness, birth control, campaign, Dan Pellegrom, facebook, family planning, Girl2Woman, International Women's Day, maternal health, modern contraception, modern contraceptives, Pathfinder, Pathfinder International, reproductive health, reproductive health services, twitter, video sharing, www.girl2woman.org on March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In honor of International Women’s Day (March 8th), Pathfinder International has launched an initiative called 200 Thousand for 200 Million. The goal is to reach 200,000 shares of the Girl2Woman videos–and for every video shared, $1 will be donated to improving access to reproductive health services for the 200 million women around the world who lack adequate [...]
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 [...]
Lisa Russell Calls on Creative Communities to Help Achieve MDG5
Posted in Opportunities in Maternal Health, Public Health and Technology, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, unintended pregnancy, tagged activism, advocacy, artists, creative communities, cultural exchange, DJs, EngenderHealth, family planning, film, global health, license free clips, Lisa Russell, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal mortality, Maya Azucena, MDG5, MDG5.com, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, musicians, new media, poets, PSAs, spoken word on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Global health activist, member of the Maternal Health Task Force Editorial Committee and film-maker, Lisa Russell, has teamed up with Grammy-award winning singer, Maya Azucena, to launch a new media project called MDGFive.com. The project is a collaborative effort of international organizations and artists committed to bringing awareness to maternal health. RH Reality Check In [...]
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