“How Undernutrition and Hypertension Impact Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia and Pre-term Birth” September 15 at 9 a.m. (EST) Watch recorded presentations here! Presenters: Laura Magee, MD, St. George’s Hospital “The hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) – best practices” Tabassum Firoz, MD, The Warren…
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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,…
Thank you for joining us at Women Deliver 2016!
On May 16, 2016, Ending Eclampsia in partnership with Every Preemie – SCALE, hosted the PTB/LBW Global Technical Working Group on Implementation Challenges and Solutions. The meeting focused on ending preventable pre-term births and low birth weight babies due to…
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…
Ending Eclampsia goes to Women Deliver 2016
And we look forward to seeing you there! Ending Eclampsia, in partnership with Every Preemie – SCALE, is hosting the PTB/LBW Global Technical Working Group on Implementation Challenges and Solutions side event. It will focus on ending preventable pre-term births and low…
Ending Eclampsia Launches Research in Pakistan
The Ending Eclampsia project seeks to understand national policies, misconceptions about the disorder, and bottlenecks to seeking care for women experiencing complications during pregnancy.
Ending Eclampsia Project Launched at 2015 Inaugural Conference in Mexico City
During two meetings held at the inaugural Global Maternal and Newborn Health Conference (18–21 October, 2015), the first major event since the United Nations approved 17 Sustainable Development Goals in September 2015, more than 50 people joined to hear about the scope and goals of the Population Council’s newly launched Ending Eclampsia project.
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.
