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 »
Historic Legal Action: The Families of Two Women Sue the Ugandan Government Over Deaths in Childbirth
Posted in Browse by Country, News, Uganda, tagged accountability, Arua Regional Referral Hospital, childbirth, global health, Jennifer Anguko, legal action, maternal death, maternal mortality, obstructed labour, right to health, right to life, Sarah Boseley's Global Health Blog, Sylvia Nalubowa, The Guardian, Uganda, women's rights on May 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On May 27th, Sarah Boseley reported on her Global Health Blog that the families of two women who died in childbirth have taken legal action against the Ugandan government, asserting that the women’s rights to life and health were violated. Sarah Boseley’s Global Health Blog, The Guardian “…The case is unprecedented in Uganda. Aid agencies [...]
Folk Dance is Used to Convey Maternal and Newborn Health Messages in Rural India
Posted in India, MANSI, News, Uncategorized, tagged AIF, American India Founation, Anupam Sarkar, behavior change communication, Chhau, folk dance, India, infant health, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, Kate Mitchell, MANSI, Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, newborn death, newborn health, SEARCH, Seraikela, Seraikela Block, Seraikela Chhau, Tata Steel, Tata Steel Rural Development Society, William J. Clinton Fellowship on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, I traveled with my colleague, Anupam Sarkar, a nutrition and newborn health expert and Project Advisor for the Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI), to Hudu, a small, hard-to-reach village amidst forest, steel plants, and roaming wild elephants. It took us nearly 2 hours from Jamshedpur, weaving around and cutting through steel plants and [...]
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 [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Six Months After the Earthquake: Reproductive Health in Haiti
Posted in Haiti, News, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, tagged birthing kits, earthquake, emergency newborn care, Haiti, Haitian Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population, health challenges, hygiene kits, maternal death, maternal health, maternal health supplies, maternal morbidity, midwifery training programs, national health plan, National School of Nurses and Midwives, neonatal health, newborn death, newborn health, referral systems, reproductive health, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, reproductive health services, sanitation, sexual violence, six months, solar lamps, temporary camps, tents, UNFPA, UNICEF, United Nations Population Fund, women and girls on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today, July 12th, marks six months since the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti earlier this year, killing more than 200,000 people. An article, published today on Relief Web, outlines several of the components of the national health plan of the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (with support from UNFPA) that was developed after [...]
Internship Opportunity: Spend Fall 2010-Winter 2011 Researching the Use of the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) to Prevent Maternal Death in Zambia
Posted in Announcement, Opportunities in Maternal Health, Public Health and Technology, Zambia, Zimbabwe, tagged Bixby Center, blood loss, Copper-belt, data collection, Deborah Maine, emergency response, first-aid, Global Health Institute, Global Reproductive Health, health care providers, internship opportunity, JClark@globalhealth.ucsf.edu, LifeWrap, low-cost, low-resource settings, low-tech, maternal death, maternal disability, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, midwifery-led clinics, midwives, Ms. Elizabeth Butrick, NASG, non-pneumatic anti-shock garment, obstetric hemorrhage, opportunities in maternal health, postpartum, postpartum hemorrhage, practicum opportunity, randomized control trial, referral, research, Safe Motherhood Program, Serene Thaddeus, skilled birth attendants, three delays, transportation, UCSF, UCSF Bixby Center, Women's Health and Empowerment Center of Expertise, Zambia, Zimbabwe on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The application process is now closed for this position. (7/22/10) The Safe Motherhood Program at UCSF is accepting applications for an upcoming internship opportunity in the Copper-belt of Zambia. The intern(s) (2 or more interns are needed) will support the start-up of a randomized control trial of the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) in 24 midwifery-led [...]
Collection of Tragic Photos: Time Magazine Tells Mamma Sessay’s Story of Maternal Death
Posted in News, Sierra Leone, tagged early marriage, hemorrhage, Mamma Sessay, maternal death, maternal mortality, maternal mortality ratio, photo essay, photos, Sierra Leone, youth on June 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone: The Story of Mamma is a collection of photos and captions that tell the tragic story of the death of Mamma Sessay, an 18-year old who lost her life giving birth in Sierra Leone, a country with one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Time The captions [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pulitzer Center Launches Two New Reporting Projects on Maternal Mortality, India and Mexico
Posted in Guinea-Bissau, India, Mexico, News, tagged Assam, boat clinics, Brahmaputra River, cervical cancer, Chiapas, diarrheal illness, Guinea-Bissau, Hanna Ingber Win, India, indigenous communities, infant mortality, journalism, Marco Vernaschi, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, Mexico, Oaxaca, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, reporting projects, Samuel Loewenberg on April 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting recently identified maternal mortality as a priority issue that demands more coverage–and has made a commitment to support reporting projects that draw attention to the under-reported issue of international maternal mortality. In January, I blogged about Marco Vernaschi’s project in Guinea Bissau. The center is now supporting additional projects on [...]
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