The Center for Reproductive Rights has released, Dignity Denied: Violations of the Rights of HIV-positive Women in Chilean Health Facilities, an in-depth investigation into the issue of discrimination against HIV positive women in Chile—specifically when seeking reproductive health services. In an email I received from colleagues at the Center for Reproductive Rights, they wrote: “Over a period [...]
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New Report Shows that HIV Positive Women in Chile are Facing Major Reproductive Rights Violations
Posted in Chile, News, tagged Center for Reproductive Rights, Chile, forced sterilization, HIV/AIDS, human rights, reproductive health, reproductive rights, VIVO POSITIVO on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
$150 Million to Improve the Reproductive, Maternal, Child, and Neonatal Health of the Poorest 20% of Mesoamerica
Posted in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, News, Nicaragua, Panama, tagged access, Belize, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Carlos Slim Health Institute, child health, child nutrition, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Gates Foundation, Guatemala, Honduras, Inter-American Development Bank, maternal health, maternal nutrition, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican Public Health System, Mexico, neonatal health, neonatal nutrition, Nicaragua, Panama, Proyecto Mesoamerica, public-private partnerships, reproductive health, Salud Mesoamerica 2015, SM 2015, Spanish Government, vaccines on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In an effort to improve the reproductive health, maternal and neonatal health, maternal and child nutrition and access/use of vaccines of the poorest 20% of Mesoamerica (which translates to 8 million people in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize and the southern states of Mexico), the Gates Foundation, the Carlos Slim Health [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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