On November 15th, Maternova, an organization that conducts continuous research into the latest innovations impacting maternal and newborn health, featured the “paperless partogram” on their blog. The blog post explains that for the past thirty years, the partogram has been the recommended practice for preventing prolonged labor in low-resource settings–but it seems that not all [...]
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The Paperless Partogram: The 20-Second Tool for Preventing Prolonged Labor
Posted in India, News, Public Health and Technology, tagged appropriate technology, Baby Bubbles, community health workers, Dr. A. K. Debdas, health innovation, India, innovation, maternal health, Maternova, newborn health, obstructed labor, paperless partogram, partograph, prolonged labor, Salad Spinner Centrifuge for Anemia, skilled birth attendant, WHO, World Health Organization on November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Policy Discussion on Transportation and Referral for Maternal Health: Join the Dialogue in D.C. or Online!
Posted in Announcement, Bolivia, Ghana, India, News, tagged "Emergency 108" call system, Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health, ambulances, archived webcast, Bolivia, CARE, CARE-Bolivia, coordination, donor community, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), funding, Ghana, Ghana Health Service, global health priorities, GVK Emergency Management Institute, health systems, Improving Transportation and Referral for Maternal Health, India, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, knowledge sharing, live webcast, maternal health, Maternal Health Task Force, maternal mortality, MHTF, MHTF Blog, obstetric nets manager, private sector, public sector, referral systems, research, road infrastructure, skilled birth attendant, skilled birth attendants, Subodh Satyawadi, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, Victor Conde Altamirano, Wilson Center, Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative on May 13, 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 fifth event of the series on Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health: Improving Transportation and Referral for Maternal Health. The event will be held on May 20th from [...]
PBS Special on Maternal Health in Peru Describes a Program Designed to Meet the Needs of Pregnant Women in Remote Villages
Posted in News, Peru, tagged Andes, Casa Materna, delivery, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), indigenous women, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, maternity homes, MDG5, multimedia, newborn health, newborn mortality, PBS, Peru, pregnancy care, Ray Suarez, remote villages, safe delivery, skilled attendance, skilled birth attendant, traditional birthing chairs, traditional birthing practices, transportation, video, Vilcashuaman on April 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ray Suarez of PBS, travels to Peru to investigate how health officials, obstetricians, nurses and activists are making better use of existing resources and linking pregnant women to those resources—all in hopes of seeing a reduction in maternal deaths. In this article and video, Suarez reports on a system of maternity homes, homes where pregnant women from [...]
PBS Special on Maternal Health in Haiti Viewable Online
Posted in Haiti, Public Health and Technology, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, ambulance, Ann Starrs, birth control, Bureau for International Reporting (BIR), contraceptives, earthquake, education, Family Care International, family planning, global health, Haiti, Haitian Health Foundation, HIV/AIDS, journalism, maternal death, maternal health, maternal health supplies, maternal mortality, MDG5, media, midwives, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, multimedia, NOW, NOW PBS, PBS, pre-natal, skilled birth attendant, transportation, UNFPA, unintended pregnancy, United Nations, unmet need, youth on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A NOW team from PBS recently went to Haiti to investigate high levels of maternal mortality in the country. They happened to be in the Haiti when the earthquake hit. In collaboration with the Bureau for International Reporting (BIR), a non-profit video news production company, PBS produced Saving Haiti’s Mothers, a show that examines the [...]
New Report Shows Slow Progress in Cutting Maternal Deaths in Argentina
Posted in Argentina, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged abortion, access, Argentina, contraceptives, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), hygiene, infection, maternal death, maternal health, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Observatorio de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, political will, postpartum, pregnancy complications, reproductive health, sanitation, sex education, skilled birth attendant, unintended pregnancy, unmet need on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
According to a report by Observatorio de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, Argentina has the means to address maternal mortality, but fails to do so because of a lack of political will. Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) “…Argentina has a maternal mortality rate of 44 for every 100,000 live births – two and a half [...]
Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium Releases Statement on the Earthquake in Haiti
Posted in Haiti, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, ARVs, birth control, c-section, cesarean section, clean delivery kits, contraception, contraceptives, disaster relief, displaced women, earthquake, emergency contraception, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian women, HIV/AIDS, infant health, internally displaced people, maternal health, maternal morbidity, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, pregnancy complications, pregnant women, refugees, relief efforts, Reproductive Health in Conflict Consortium, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, Reproductive Health Response in Crisis Consortium, reproductive health services, safe delivery kits, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, skilled birth attendant, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, youth on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium applauds current relief efforts in Haiti while calling on humanitarian actors to provide lifesaving reproductive health services for women displaced by the earthquake. The RHRC Consortium The RHRC Consortium calls on humanitarian actors to meet the needs of women and girls—including the 63,000 pregnant women in Port au [...]
March of Dimes is Donating $100,000 to UNICEF to Meet the Urgent Needs of Pregnant Women and Babies in Haiti
Posted in Haiti, Public Health and Technology, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, unmet need, tagged access, baby formula, breastfeeding, diapers, Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, earthquake, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), folic acid, formula, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian women, infant formula, infant health, infant mortality, March of Dimes, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, multivitamins, newborn care, nutrition, orphans, pregnancy, pregnant women, premature birth, prematurity, prenatal care, reproductive health, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, reproductive health services, safe water, sanitation, skilled birth attendant, UNICEF, unmet need on January 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
March of Dimes “The March of Dimes has made a grant to UNICEF to help thousands of pregnant women, mothers and babies in Haiti imperiled by the devastating earthquake and its aftermath. ‘The March of Dimes is deeply concerned about the thousands of pregnant women and moms caring for infants in Haiti, especially extremely fragile [...]
Launched Today: A Collection of Personal Stories of Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, unmet need, tagged access, adolescents, Afghanistan, child health, Dari, early marriage, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis, journalistic capacity building, Kabul, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, midwives, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, nutrition, Pashto, radio project, remote, reproductive health, reproductive health services, rural, sex education, skilled birth attendant, transport, transportation, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, Veil of Tears, villages on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Veil of Tears is a collection of transcribed interviews with children, women, and men in Afghanistan about loss in childbirth. These interviews are part of IRIN’s Kabul-based radio project, which closed at the end of 2009 after six years of humanitarian radio production and journalistic capacity building in Afghanistan. IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis “In Veil [...]
UNFPA Warns Pregnant Women in Haiti are at Increased Risk of Pregnancy Complications and Maternal Death
Posted in Haiti, Public Health and Technology, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, unmet need, tagged access, activism, disaster relief, disaster settings, donate, donation, earthquake, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), funding, Haiti, Haitian women, how to help, international aid, maternal death, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, pregnancy, Public Health and Technology, Red Cross, Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings, skilled birth attendant, text messaging, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, Wyclef, Yele, YELE HAITI on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Haiti has the highest maternal mortality ratio in the western hemisphere (670 maternal deaths/100,000 live births)—and UNFPA warns that this number will likely sky-rocket following the massive earthquake on Tuesday. UN News Center “WHO is helping to collect data on the health impact of the earthquake and is also deploying a 12-member team comprising experts [...]
Pathfinder International Launches Video to Raise Awareness and Money for Women’s Rights and Health
Posted in Public Health and Technology, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, activism, adolescents, birth control, child health, child marriage, contraception, contraceptives, early marriage, education, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), family planning, funding, fundraising campaign, hemorrhage, HIV/AIDS, human rights, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Pathfinder International, Public Health and Technology, sex education, sex trafficking, skilled birth attendant, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, video, women's rights, youth on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Watch and share Pathfinder’s video, Girl2Woman, that outlines the challenges related to sexual and reproductive health that girls face throughout their lives. Every video shared raises $1 for Pathfinder International programs—-up to $1 million. Visit the Girl2Woman site to see more information about the initiative and an interactive time line that outlines stages of life [...]
Peer-to-Peer Health Care Delivery Model: Ecuadorian Teens Deliver Injectable Contraceptives to Peers
Posted in Ecuador, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, tagged access, activism, adolescents, birth control, CEMOPLAF, Chimborazo, CHW, community health workers, condoms, contraception, contraceptives, Ecuador, education, family planning, HIV/AIDS, indigenous, injectable contraception, injectables, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, reproductive health, reproductive health services, sex education, skilled birth attendant, task sharing, task-shifting, teens, the pill, unintended pregnancy, unmet need, youth on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Planned Parenthood Federation of America and CEMOPLAF, an Ecuadorian reproductive health organization, are working together to train Ecuadorian teens to become community health workers in the Chimborazo region of central Ecuador. Global Health Magazine “Ecuador has the highest adolescent fertility rate in Latin America, and this skyrockets when we’re talking about rural or indigenous youth. [...]
As the IRIN Radio Project Ends in Afghanistan, IRIN Prepares to Publish Transcribed Audio Testimonies of Maternal Death in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, the Millennium Development Goals and the Media, tagged Afghanistan, child health, emergency obstetric care (EmOC), IRIN, IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis, journalism, maternal health, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality, MDG5, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Media, reproductive health, reproductive health services, skilled birth attendant on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
IRIN’s humanitarian radio journalist training project has come to an end—but as the project closes, IRIN is preparing to release Veil of Tears, a collection of photos and transcribed audio testimonies on maternal mortality in Afghanistan “In January 2010, IRIN will be launching a 60-page photo booklet on maternal mortality issues in Afghanistan, entitled Veil [...]
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