By Ann K. Blanc and Katharine J. McCarthy Accurate estimates of the coverage of life saving maternal interventions, such as those that prevent, detect, and treat eclampsia, is one of the major challenges facing the maternal health field. Measuring coverage of…
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
For pre-eclamptic women, access to essential medicines can save lives
By Amy Dempsey and Saumya RamaRao The global health community knows how to prevent women from dying during pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum. The science that describes what works and what does not is out there, and as dissemination channels increase…
Community voices for fewer maternal deaths
By Charlotte Warren The Lancet Maternal Health Series, published last month, calls for stronger appreciation of the voices and needs of women and their families, and emphasizes better incorporation of health providers’ views when defining maternal health priorities. Lynn Freedman’s…
Driving Transformative Innovation to Better Detect and Treat Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are among the leading causes of maternal death and disability worldwide. The risk of a pregnant woman dying from it in a developing country is approximately 300 times greater than in developed countries. The World Health Organization…
The Current State of Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Prevention and Treatment
The most recent Maternal Health Task Force quarterly newsletter highlighted postpartum hemorrhage and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia – the two leading causes of maternal deaths globally – and focused on magnesium sulphate for treatment of eclamptic convulsions. In response, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain,…
Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Impacts Mothers and Babies
Each year, 15 million babies are born too soon. Of these, more than one million die from complications related to preterm birth (PTB) – or birth before 37 weeks gestation. Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of perinatal death from…
Maternal Health Supplies: Why Do Women Die Needlessly in Pregnancy and Childbirth in a World Where Prevention Is Entirely Possible?
The RHSC is now ready to mobilize its capacity for leveraging more than 350 member organizations to support innovative funding mechanisms, employ sophisticated analytical tools for market development, and embrace effective partnerships to address the bottlenecks that undermine commodity security across the RH space, including maternal health supplies.
