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New PMNCH Knowledge Summary highlights integration of immunization and...
The latest in the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Knowledge Summary series highlights the potential for integration of immunization services with other reproductive, maternal,...
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PLOS Medicine editorial spotlights access to health information as central to...
In an editorial published this week in PLOS Medicine, the editors discuss the critical need for improved health information, particularly clear, accessible reference materials that enable health care...
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Celebrating the International Day of the Midwife
The International Day of the Midwife was marked yesterday, May 5. The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) hosted the Virtual Day of the Midwife, a 24-hour series of presentations to mark the...
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Save the Children’s annual State of the World’s Mothers report highlights...
Surviving the First Day, this year’s edition of Save the Children’s annual State of the World’s Mothers report is now available. As in past years, this edition features an updated version of the...
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PLOS collection explores measurement challenges in expanding coverage of MNCH...
As we noted last week, PLOS Medicine launched a new collection on May 7, Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.The collection compiles evidence related to tools and indicators for...
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Gates Foundation reflects in “Family Health Checkup” blog series
This year, as the family health team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation undertakes its annual strategy review, its members are contributing to the Family Health Check Up blog series. In the...
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The MHTF at Women Deliver
The MHTF is packing up and heading to Malaysia for the Women Deliver conference May 28-30. Women Deliver conferences always provides a unique forum for advocates, donors, researchers, programmers and...
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World Health Organization clarifies recommendations for preventing malaria in...
In malaria endemic regions around the world, malaria in pregnancy continues to contribute significantly to maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. Intermittent preventive treatment using...
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Maternal health, HIV, and AIDS: Examining research through a programmatic lens
This post is the first in a blog series on maternal health, HIV, and AIDS. To view the entire series, click here. Women and girls are increasingly and disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS...
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Day one of our technical meeting on maternal health, HIV, and AIDS
This post is part of a blog series on maternal health, HIV, and AIDS. To view the entire series, click here. Today marked the first day of Maternal health, HIV, and AIDS: Examining research through a...
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The Lancet launches new open-access global health journal and blog
The Lancet has launched a new open-access global health journal! According to Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, open-access publishing is something he and others at The Lancet have wanted to do for...
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Pathfinder International shares new technical tools for global health...
Our colleagues at Pathfinder International have recently issued several new capacity building tools for global health practitioners. The tools, part of a collection called Straight to the Point Tools,...
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New research explores why women deliver alone in Nigeria
In general, discussions about care during labor and delivery tend to focus on two groups: women who deliver with assistance from a skilled birth attendant, such as a midwife or doctor, and those who do...
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On World Humanitarian Day, a focus on reproductive and maternal health...
Yesterday, on World Humanitarian Day, K4Health launched a new Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings toolkit, a set of resources that offer guidance for health care providers, emergency workers,...
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Reports highlight burden of unsafe abortion in Kenya and Pakistan
This week, the Guttmacher Institute released new reports on the issue of unsafe abortion in Kenya and Pakistan, two countries where abortion-related complications help to drive persistent high levels...
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New Wilson Center webcast features two organizations working on health,...
Recently, our colleagues at the Wilson Center hosted “Oysters, Octopus and Resilience,”an event whose title does not immediately suggest a strong link with maternal health. And, indeed, the event...
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Study demonstrates far-reaching impact of maternal deaths on children in...
Maternal health advocates often point out that when a mother dies from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, her surviving family members, particularly her children are left to face a range of...
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Maternal health leaders propose research agenda for preconception care
The concept of preconception care has emerged in recent years as a potentially vital tool for not only improving adolescent girls’ and women’s chances of having healthy pregnancies and newborns, but of...
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Developing universally-applicable growth standards: Emerging findings on the...
Guest post by Alison Chatfield, Project Manager at the Women & Health Initiative, on behalf of the INTERGROWTH-21st Consortium The first 1,000 days of life is well-established as a critical time...
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#MDG456Live: Staying connected at the UN General Assembly
Next week, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will meet in New York, and progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be high on the agenda. Along with the UNGA, NGOs, governments and other...
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