A Sustainable Model for Reducing Maternal Mortality: Evidence from the SHARE Project in Sub-Himalayan India Speaker Bio Dr. Jameela George… [Read More]
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Maternal Mortality
Effect of HIV Infection on Pregnancy-Related Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (Zaba 2013)
Post Date: 08/04/2014
Zaba, Basia, Clara Calvert, Milly Marston, Raphael Isingo, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Tom Lutalo, Amelia Crampin, Laura Robertson, Kobus Herbst, Marie-Louise Newell,… [Read More]
The Decline in Maternal Mortality in Nepal (Shrestha, 2014)
Post Date: 08/04/2014
Shrestha, Sanu, Jacqueline S. Bell, and Debbi Marais. “An Analysis of Factors Linked to the Decline in Maternal Mortality in… [Read More]
Drug to Prevent Excessive Bleeding after Childbirth Could Save Thousands of Lives (Guardian, 2014)
Post Date: 08/04/2014
The World Health Organization, in partnership with Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Merck, is initiating a clinical trial in sub-Saharan Africa to… [Read More]
Fighting Maternal Mortality (The Daily Beast)
Post Date: 08/04/2014
On April 4, 2014, as part of the Women in the World conference, a panel of speakers discussed the problem… [Read More]
Saving Mothers, Giving Life: New Year, New Results for Maternal Health (Huffington Post)
Post Date: 08/02/2014
Acting U.S. Global AIDS coordinator Deborah von Zinkernagel describes the promising results of a new public/private partnership started in the… [Read More]
Light in Liberia (ABCnews)
Post Date: 08/02/2014
Through the work of Dr. Laura Satchel and her nonprofit We Care Solar, mothers in Liberia are able to deliver… [Read More]
Zimbabwe’s Maternal Mortality Crisis (Al Jazeera)
Post Date: 08/02/2014
Despite worldwide efforts to improve maternal survival, the maternal mortality rate in Zimbabwe increased by 28 percent between 1990 and… [Read More]
Impact of User Fees on Maternal Health Service Utilization (Dzakpasu, 2014)
Post Date: 08/02/2014
Dzakpasu, Susie, Timothy Powell-Jackson, and Oona M.R. Campbell. “Impact of User Fees on Maternal Health Service Utilization and Related Health… [Read More]
The SHARE Project
Post Date: 07/30/2014
By examining the medical causes of maternal mortality, as well as the socio-cultural, economic, and topographical factors contributing to maternal mortality… [Read More]
