Posts Tagged ‘maternal health’
Childbirth Should Not Be a Death Sentence: Global Maternal Health and the Impact of COVID-19
Organized by Women’s Congressional Policy Institute Childbirth Should Not Be a Death Sentence: Global Maternal Health and the Impact of COVID-19 July 15, 2020 RSVP Women’s Congressional Policy Institute in cooperation with Congresswomen Brenda Lawrence and Debbie Lesko, Co-Chairs, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues and Congresswomen Madeleine Dean and Jenniffer González-Colón, Vice-Chairs, Congressional Caucus for…
Read MoreLives in the Balance: A COVID-19 Summit
Organized by The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) and CORE Group Lives in the Balance: A COVID-19 Summit July 1-2, 2020 RSVP (link to follow) We are excited to announce that The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) and CORE Group are co-hosting Lives in the Balance: A COVID-19 Summit for the Health and Well-Being of Women,…
Read MoreRe-imagining Technical Assistance for MNCH & Strengthening National Health Systems
Organized by Global Health Council, John Snow Inc., and the global Child Health Task Force Re-imagining Technical Assistance for MNCH & Strengthening National Health Systems June 25, 2020 RSVP Global Health Council in partnership with the Global Child Health Task Force, John Snow Inc., invites you to re-imagine the technical assistance (TA) for maternal, newborn,…
Read MoreContinuity of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Care in the Time of COVID-19: Webinar 1
Organized by USAID Continuity of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Care in the Time of COVID-19: Webinar 1 June 18, 2020 RSVP Please join the US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership for a three-part knowledge exchange webinar series, where we will hear learnings and practical strategies…
Read MoreGlobal Financing Facility (GFF) Spring 2018 Webinar Series – Part 1: Introduction to the GFF for CSOs (English)
Organized by Global Health Council and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) Global Financing Facility (GFF) Spring 2018 Webinar Series Part 1: Introduction to the GFF for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) (English) April 3 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT Webinar REGISTRATION Register for the webinar in French REGISTER FOR GFF SPRING…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Deliver: Including Pregnant and Lactating Women in Clinical Research (Part 2)
Organized by Treatment Action Group (TAG), the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and HIV/AIDS Network Coordination Women’s HIV Research Collaborative (WHRC) It’s Time to Deliver: Including Pregnant and Lactating Women in Clinical Research March 14 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT Webinar RSVP The U.S. Division of AIDS (DAIDS) and its prevention and International…
Read MoreUSAID panel emphasizes importance of strong health systems in supporting healthy families
This blog post was written by Alissa Dresie, Global Health Council Intern On January 21, The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), a USAID program focused on strengthening health systems and ending preventable child and maternal deaths within a generation, hosted Strong Health Systems Support Healthy Families, a half day event. The event looked at how…
Read MoreWhat does behavior have to do with it?
This guest blog was cross-posted from CARE, and written by Chris Galavotti Sr. Director SRMH, CARE The science around what to deliver in maternal and newborn health is well-established, but the science on how to do it, effectively and efficiently, is not. Insights from behavioral and social science could help us move from what to do, to how…
Read MoreWe Can’t Achieve Health Goals for Women Without Women Leaders
This blog was written by Dr. Christine Sow, GHC President and Executive Director, and cross-posted from Chemonics For months we have been talking about and planning for the “post-2015 era.” Now it is just around the corner, with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ready to be adopted in September. While discussion thus far has been oriented…
Read MoreMeasuring the Success of Health Systems Strengthening
This is a guest post, written by Christophe Grundmann, Chief of Party, and Katherine Krasovec, Technical Advisor for Nutrition and Child Health at URC. University Research Co., LLC (URC)* is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. The term “health system strengthening” is vague enough to…
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