Going Digital: Taking the Maternal Health Community Online

Sep 16, 2010 by Janna Oberdorf

This blog was originally published on the Maternal Health Taskforce blog . It examines the role of technology in changing the realities of global health care and offers a great wrap-up of the...

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Demanding Accountability: Key for Continuing Gains in Maternal Health

Sep 2, 2010 by Pape Gaye

I’m really pleased to hear discussion here in Delhi at the Global Maternal Health Conference about our collective accountability. For the past several decades, we have lamented the fact...

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Proud to be Indian and Making a Difference in Women’s Lives

Sep 1, 2010 by K. G. Venkateswaran

Sitting here in Delhi at the Global Maternal Health Conference in the India Habitat Center, I feel proud to be Indian. Yes, in part it is that the conference is well-run, and the speakers are...

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Challenge and Change: Integrating the Challenge of Gender Norms and Sexuality in a Maternal Health Program

Aug 19, 2010 by

CARE and the International Center for Research on Women recently released Challenge and Change: Integrating the Challenge of Gender Norms and Sexuality in a Maternal Health Program . This report...

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In Praise of Simplicity

Aug 12, 2010 by Chris Klotschkow

Sometimes we take for granted the elegant solution, and lose sight of the fact that in a world where as many as two billion people do not have the basic health care they need, something...

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Giving Birth: the Good News

Jun 15, 2010 by Laura Hoemeke

Last week, Time published “ The Perils of Pregnancy:  One Woman’s Tale of Dying to Give Birth ,” a poignant photo essay and article on the grim reality of women dying in...

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Lancet Reports Steady Decline in Maternal Deaths Throughout the World: Key Advances in Saving Lives

Apr 16, 2010 by Sara Stratton

Findings from secondary data sources of maternal mortality of 181 countries strongly suggest that the number of women dying from pregnancy or childbirth has declined sharply since 1980....

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Lancet Reports Steady Decline in Maternal Deaths Throughout the World: A Perspective from India

Apr 16, 2010 by Martha Carlough

Findings from secondary data sources of maternal mortality of 181 countries strongly suggest that the number of women dying from pregnancy or childbirth has declined sharply since 1980. The...

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Scaling Up Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Best Practices

Mar 16, 2010 by Rebecca Kohler

I just returned from Bangkok, Thailand where over 400 professionals representing 13 countries in the Asia and Middle East Region came together to wrestle with the complex issue of scaling up...

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