Global Maternal Health Conference 2010
Maternal Health: Accountability and Behavior Change
by Calyn Ostrowski, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars
September 3, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
Four days ago a young woman died giving birth in a bustling marketplace in New Delhi, just steps away from Parliament, and at the beginning of an international conference on maternal health. This is not acceptable.
Task-Shifting–Or Why Doctors Might Not Always Be Necessary to Save Mothers’ Lives
September 3, 2010 - 1:00am (Print)
The need to increase the number of trained workers to reduce maternal mortality can not be overestimated. But there are also other very cheap and highly effective methods of combating maternal mortality in the short run.
Global Progress on Maternal Health: The Numbers and their Implications
by Maternal Health Task Force, Global Maternal Health Conference 2010
September 1, 2010 - 11:30am (Print)
The opening plenary, Global progress on maternal health: the numbers and their implications, of the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 in Delhi focused on global progress on maternal health and explored recent maternal mortality estimates.
Local Context Matters to Women's Lives: A Report from Delhi
August 31, 2010 - 3:30pm (Print)
There are many ways to save women’s lives, but the success of any given intervention depends on local context. What works in one locale may not work in another.
