This post is the first in a series on maternal health in the Seraikela block of Jharkhand, India. In 2009, Sarah Blake and I worked together at the Maternal Health Task Force, a Gates Foundation funded maternal health initiative based at EngenderHealth in New York City. Since then, Sarah went on to work as a consultant with several non-profit organizations, [...]
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Janani Suraksha Yojana and the Bumpy Road to Maternal Health in Rural India
Posted in Browse by Country, India, tagged American India Foundation, cash incentive, community health workers, conditional cash transfer, EngenderHealth, Gates Foundation, health policy, home delivery, human rights, India, institutional delivery, Jamshedpur, Janani Suraksha Yojana, Jharkhand, JSY, Kate Mitchell, Lancet, maternal and newborn health, maternal death, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal mortality, National Rural Health Mission, neonatal mortality, newborn health, newborn mortality, perinatal mortality, Sarah Blake, Seraikela Block, transportation, UNFPA, Women Deliver on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
WHO Releases New Report Showing a 34% Drop in Maternal Deaths Worldwide
Posted in News, tagged Asia, HIV/AIDS, IHME, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Lancet, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, millennium development goal 5, new estimates, South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, The Lancet, Thoraya Obaid, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In April, the Lancet published new maternal mortality estimates (out of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) that showed a significant reduction in global maternal deaths, shaking up the global health community’s understanding of the global burden of the issue–and providing new hope. The report also illustrated the important links between HIV/AIDS and maternal [...]
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 [...]
Several Leaders in the Maternal Health Field React to the Recent Maternal Mortality Estimates
Posted in News, tagged AMDD, Ana Langer, Ann M. Starrs, Ashoka, Averting Maternal Death and Disability, Centre for Health Policy and Innovation, Claire Bangser, Dr. Ana Langer, Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, Dr. Marco Gomez, EngenderHealth, estimates, Family Care International, film, funding, global health, Governess Films, Immpact, Jeremy Shiffman, jhpiego, Lancet, Lisa Russell, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal mortality, Maternova, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, MDGfive.com, Meg Wirth, MHTF, policy, public health, public health planning, recommendations, research, The Lancet, the MHTF Blog on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In the wake of the recent maternal mortality estimates published in the Lancet, much of my time at my day job with the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) has been spent requesting and compiling reactions to the new estimates from a variety of leaders in the maternal health field. The MHTF Blog We tracked down [...]
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 [...]
Various News Organizations are Taking Different Approaches to the New MMR Estimates: The Columbia Journalism Review Analyzes Their Responses to the Story
Posted in News, tagged advocacy, analysis, Chris Murray, Christopher Murray, Columbia Journalism Review, journalism, Lancet, maternal and child health, maternal death, maternal deaths, maternal health, maternal mortality, media coverage, new estimates, reporting, Richard Horton, The Lancet, UN, United Nations on April 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On Wednesday, the Columbia Journalism Review published a thoughtful analysis of how the media is covering the new global maternal mortality estimates published in the Lancet on Monday. The piece provides a good overview of how a handful of major news organizations are choosing to frame the story–raising questions about why some organizations are choosing to focus on the content of the Lancet paper, [...]
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, [...]
For Decades, 500,000 Has Been THE NUMBER in the Field of Maternal Health: Murray and Colleagues Fully Expect Discussion Around Their New Estimates
Posted in News, tagged childbirth, Chris Murray, Christopher J L Murray, Christopher Murray, Dr. Murray, funding, global health, implications, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Lancet, maternal deaths, maternal health, maternal mortality, new data, new estimates, reduction, Sarah Boseley, University of Washington on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah Boseley reflects on the new maternal mortality estimates published today in the Lancet. She talks with Chris Murray , Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington, about his research–and raises tough questions regarding the implications of the new data. For example: “Does it mean we [...]
New Maternal Mortality Estimates: Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet, Richard Horton, Identifies Five Lessons
Posted in News, tagged AIDS, child survival, Editor-in-Chief, estimate, evidence, Global Fund, Global Fund to fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, HIV, HIV/AIDS, integration, Lancet, lessons, malaria, maternal and child health, maternal and child survival, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, MDGs, measurement, millennium development goal 5, new data, new estimates, Richard Horton, The Lancet, tuberculosis, vertical funding on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Horton comments on the new study, Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5, published today in the Lancet Online First, that suggests a dramatic reduction in global maternal mortality between 1980 and 2008. Horton describes additional significant findings in the paper–aside from the overall drop in maternal deaths. [...]
New Estimates Suggest Dramatic Reduction in Global Maternal Mortality
Posted in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, News, Nigeria, Pakistan, tagged Afghanistan, Alan D Lopez, Christopher J L Murray, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, global MMR, HIV, HIV/AIDS, India, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Kyle J Foreman, Lancet, Lancet Online First, Margaret C Hogan, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, Mengru Wang, millennium development goal 5, MMR, Mohsen Naghavi, new estimates, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rafael Lozano, School of Public Health, Stephanie Y Ahn, Susanna M Makela, systematic analysis, University of Queensland, University of Washington on April 12, 2010 | 7 Comments »
A new paper, Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5, published today in the Lancet Online First, suggests that global maternal deaths have dropped from 526,300 in 1980 to 342,900 in 2008. The Lancet The authors of the paper, estimate that the global MMR decreased from [...]
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Can Conditional Cash Transfers for Women Who Deliver in Health Facilities Reduce Maternal Mortality in India?
Posted in India, News, tagged Bihar, commentary, conditional cash transfer, Hindi, India, Indian health workers, institutional deliveries, invest in women, Janani Suraksha Yojana, JSY, Lancet, Marie-Claire Mutanda, maternal health, maternal mortality, medical facilities, neonatal health, neonatal mortality, newborn health, payment program, perinatal health, perinatal mortality, research, skilled birth attendants, study, UNICEF, Uttar Pradesh, Vinod K Paul, Washington Post on July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A recent study in the Lancet took a close look at a conditional cash transfer scheme to entice women to deliver in health facilities. The scheme, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), aims to reduce maternal, perinatal, and neonatal mortality. Published along side the study was a commentary by Vinod K. Paul that summarizes several of the [...]
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