On Tuesday, September 14th, the Guardian launched a new website in collaboration with the Gates Foundation. The site is dedicated entirely to global development, was built with the Millennium Development Goals as a framework, and launched just one week before the UN Summit. Be sure to check out the following components of the new site: [...]
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The Guardian Launches Global Development Site With Gates Foundation
Posted in News, tagged blogosphere, development news, global development, Guardian, international development, maternal health, MDG5, millennium development goal 5, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty Matters, Talk Point, UN Summit on September 18, 2010 | 1 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 [...]
Video: Richard Horton Discusses Themes of Women Deliver–a Focus on MDG5
Posted in Events, News, Videos, tagged maternal health, MDG5, millennium development goal 5, reproductive health, Richard Horton, The Lancet, video, Women Deliver, youtube on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In this video, Richard Horton, Editor of the Lancet, talks about the key themes of the upcoming Women Deliver conference (June 7-9)–specifically the focus on Millennium Development Goal 5, improving maternal and reproductive health.
Countdown to 2015 Releases Decade Report (2000-2010)
Posted in Announcement, News, tagged child health, child mortality, Countdown to 2015, Countdown to 2015 Decade Report (2000-2010), download the report, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG4, MDG5, Millennium Development Goal 4, millennium development goal 5, newborn health, newborn mortality, official launch, progress, Women Deliver, Women Deliver Conference on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The official launch of the Countdown to 2015 Decade Report (2000-2010) will be at the Women Deliver and Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival conferences next week (the Countdown meeting is being held in conjunction with Women Deliver) –but the report is now available to download on the Countdown to 2015 website. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
World Health Day: A Look at Maternal Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Posted in News, tagged maternal mortality, maternal health, integration of health services, Millennium Development Goals, access, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal morbidity, MDG5, Women Deliver, pregnancy complications, integration, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, millennium development goal 5, World Health Organization, access to health care, MHTF, Kate Mitchell, World Health Day, Urbanization and Health, neglected tropical diseases, urban slum populations, global conferences, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Global Health Initiative, Dr. Peter J. Hotez, deworming, hookworm, anemia, perinatal morbidity, school attendance, bednets, rural populations on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of World Health Day, I wrote a post for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases blog, End the Neglect. The post looks at the relationship between these two historically neglected global health issues–and calls for more integration. End the Neglect “The theme of this year’s World Health Day is “Urbanization and Health.” [...]
Immpact Seeks Research Assistant for Maternal Health Research
Posted in India, Opportunities in Maternal Health, tagged Africa, birth kits, evaluation, evidence, formative research, health systems interventions, health systems strengthening, Immpact, implementation, India, job, job description, job opportunity, literature review, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, millennium development goal 5, Millennium Development Goals, Norwegian Government, opportunity in maternal health, proposals, quality, quality of care, research, Research Assistant, study, UN, United Nations, University of Aberdeen on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Immpact is looking for a researcher to conduct a scientific literature review of the quality of international maternal health care—and prepare proposals/implementation of formative research studies to improve quality of maternal health services in developing countries. Immpact About Immpact and their current research activities “Immpact is a research unit at the University of Aberdeen with [...]
BBC Reports that Pregnant Women in Developing Countries Face the Same Risk of Death that Women in the UK Faced 100 Years Ago
Posted in Chad, England, Ghana, News, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wales, tagged Amnesty International, Chad, England, Ghana, International Women's Day, Ireland, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, millennium development goal 5, Oxfam, pregnancy, Scotland, UK, Wales, White Ribbon Alliance on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In honor of International Women’s Day, the BBC reports on progress toward Millennium Development Goal Five. BBC “…For every 100,000 live births in developing countries, 450 women die during pregnancy or labour. The coalition, which includes White Ribbon Alliance, Amnesty International and Oxfam, says that in 1910, 355 women died per 100,000 live births in [...]
Bolivia Hopes to Reduce Maternal Mortality through Cash Incentives for Pregnant Women
Posted in Bolivia, News, tagged Alto Miraflores, Bolivia, cash incentives, health care innovation, incentive system, Juana Azurduy, La Paz, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, millennium development goal 5, postnatal care, prenatal care, skilled delivery, subsidy program, TerraViva on March 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The goal of the ‘Juana Azurduy’ mother and child subsidy program, introduced in Bolivia eight months ago, is to slash maternal mortality by 80 percent over five years. Inter Press Service News Agency “…The subsidy, paid in 17 instalments, is conditional on the mother attending a state health centre for four prenatal check-ups, receiving medical [...]
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