November 19 is World Toilet Day. Sanitation helps reduce extreme poverty. For an estimated 4.5 billion people around the world,… [Read More]
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Health Education
Muslim Women More Likely to Skip Breast Cancer Screening, but Mosques can Help (Newsweek)
Post Date: 09/28/2017
Recent research shows that Muslim-American women have routine mammograms less than the female U.S. population as a whole. Aasim Padela,… [Read More]
Effect of Community Health Clubs on Child Diarrhoea in Western Rwanda: Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial (Sinharoy, 2017)
Post Date: 07/11/2017
Sinharoy, Sheela S., Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Ronald Wendt et al., “Effect of Community Health Clubs on Child Diarrhoea in Western Rwanda:… [Read More]
Albany Program Helps Refugee Women Learn to Stay Healthy in U.S. (Times Union)
Post Date: 05/17/2017
A center in Albany, NY is helping equip refugee women to live a healthy lifestyle in the U.S. Claire Hughes,… [Read More]
Changes in Optimal Childcare Practices in Kenya: Insights from the 2003, 2008-9 and 2014 Demographic and Health Surveys (Matanda, 2016)
Post Date: 08/23/2016
Matanda, Dennis Juma, Helga Bjørnøy Urke, and Maurice B. Mittelmark, “Changes in Optimal Childcare Practices in Kenya: Insights from the… [Read More]
Educational Inequalities in Obesity among Mexican Women (Perez Ferrer, 2014)
Post Date: 08/02/2014
Perez Ferrer, Carolina, Ann McMunn, Juan A. Rivera D0mmarrco, and Eric J. Brunner. “Educational Inequalities in Obesity among Mexican Women:… [Read More]
Knowledge about Obstetric Danger Signs and Associated Factors (Hailu, 2014)
Post Date: 03/13/2014
D. Hailu and H. Berhe “Knowledge about Obstetric Danger Signs and Associated Factors among Mothers in Tsegedie District, Tigray… [Read More]
Impact of Maternal Education about Complementary Feeding and Provision of Complementary Foods on Child Growth in Developing Countries (Imdad, 2011)
Post Date: 03/13/2014
Aamer Imdad, et al., “Impact of Maternal Education about Complementary Feeding and Provision of Complementary Foods on Child Growth… [Read More]
Webinar: Fathers’ Vital Contribution to Improving the Health & Safety of Mothers and Newborns
Post Date: 03/07/2014
Speaker Bio Since 2006, Dr. Elena McEwan has served as the Senior Technical Adviser in Maternal and Child Health and… [Read More]
Webinar: Reducing Maternal Mortality While Increasing Infant Survival: A Case Study from Kenya
Post Date: 11/08/2013
Speaker Bio Dr. Mary Adam works with Kijabe Hospital and the organization Equipping Africa in Kenya. Equipping Africa grows hope… [Read More]
