Maternal Health Task Force

AUGUST 5, 2024

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in August 2024.

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UNC Epidemiology Blog

JANUARY 30, 2025

Her work has made a lasting impact on families, students, and the broader public health community, said Alessandra Bazzano, PHD, MPH, Chair and Director of the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The short-term funding bill known as a continuing resolution or CR continues federal funding at fiscal year 2024 (FY24) levels and gives Congress more time to negotiate and pass legislation to fund the government for fiscal year 2025 (FY25). Unfortunately, that iteration of the bill was never brought to the House floor for a vote.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

MARCH 15, 2025

This long-term funding patch bill also known as a continuing resolution (CR) continues federal funding for most federal agencies at fiscal year 2024 (FY24) levels. However, it does include a steep cut of roughly $13 billion to non-defense funding as well as an increase towards defense spending of about $6 billion over current budgets.

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Maternal Health Task Force

MAY 21, 2024

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in May 2024.

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Maternal Health Task Force

JUNE 4, 2024

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in June 2024.

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UNC Epidemiology Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Shawna (at far left) stands with other Gilings School students who planned Black Maternal Health Week, plus an event panelist. Shawna Howard wants to bridge gaps using digital health tools. What’s your role in public health? My focus area within maternal health, specifically, is Black maternal health.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Call for New AMCHP Association Committee Members is Open Through November 8 Are you interested in effecting meaningful change nationally and have your voice heard on maternal and child health (MCH) matters? MacQueen Lecture Award : For innovation in the field of maternal and child health.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 9, 2025

That means public health authorities are still trying to raise awareness about the availability, value, effectiveness and safety of the vaccines while researchers are still collecting real-world data on their safety and effectiveness and on their uptake. (The 8 in JAMA Network Open on uptake of maternal vaccination and nirsevimab.

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UNC Epidemiology Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Hamsa Raman December 2, 2024 Originally from Cary, North Carolina, Mary Rose Tully Training Institute (MRT-TI) student Hamsa Raman completed her bachelor’s degree at UNC Greensboro in 2020 and master’s degree in Speech Pathology at Hampton University in 2023.

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Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Written by Ashley Bardon, Isheeta Gupta, Aryan Kumar, Danielle Serota, and Brenna Simmons Another successful annual Global Health Week culminated with a “Meet the Experts” Student Social. Through her own global health journey, Iwelunmor continues to remind herself of her ‘scars’ and her ‘why’.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Project, which starts September 30, 2024, aims to increase the number of state-led policy initiatives designed to reduce the drivers of health disparities for maternal and child health (MCH) populations by addressing social determinants of health (SDoH). Moore, Chief Executive Officer of AMCHP.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

birth Lower Neighborhood Opportunity May Increase Risk for Preterm Birth A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one’s risk for preterm birth and contribute to the racial gap in preterm birth in the Commonwealth. percent, respectively. “We and Rose B.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is excited to announce that we are accepting nominations for the 2025 AMCHP Annual Awards! Every year, AMCHP recognizes individuals in the maternal and child health (MCH) community who have gone above and beyond to positively impact those around them.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

JANUARY 16, 2025

Introducing the Fall 2024 MCH Innovations Database Practices Every Spring and Fall, the Innovation Hub hosts its bi-annual review of new, innovative, and impactful policies and practices in the maternal and child health (MCH) space. Tune in to the latest episode of What The Health?!

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BU School of Public Health Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

September 4, 2024 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Despite recent declines in nationwide maternal mortality, the United States continues to experience a significant maternal health crisis, in part shaped by inequitable access to quality healthcare for too many pregnant and postpartum people, particularly those who are covered by Medicaid.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) continues to lead partners and collaborate with Congressional champions in support of the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (Title V MCH Block Grant) through the annual federal appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25).

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Recent AMCHP Announcements Innovation Hub Open Call for Practices and Policies Focusing on Perinatal Substance Use Disorder AMCHP Annual Conference The AMCHP Annual Conference is one of the largest gatherings of maternal and child health (MCH) professionals in the United States. Dont Miss Out!

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Maternal Health Task Force

MARCH 18, 2024

She is currently a Fellow in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and is enrolled in the Harvard School of Public Health MPH-45 program in Health Policy with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. By: Jodian Pinkney , Infectious Diseases Physician.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Recent AMCHP Announcements Introducing the Fall 2024 MCH Innovations Database Practices AMCHP Annual Conference The AMCHP Annual Conference is one of the largest gatherings of maternal and child health (MCH) professionals in the United States. Download the invitation letter from AMCHP CEO Terrance E.

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UNC Epidemiology Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2024

October 14, 2024 Brenda Vieyra, IBCLC, is a graduate of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute’s Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative (MRT-TI) class of 2017-2018. Since her days as an undergraduate public health student at California State University, Northridge, she was interested in infant and maternal health.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

JANUARY 6, 2025

It aims to create a welcoming and inclusive space for attendees, particularly those from Indigenous backgrounds, at our 2025 conference in Washington, DC, while ensuring the recognition of Indigeneity and Tribal sovereignty as integral to discussions surrounding maternal and child health.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

JANUARY 27, 2025

As someone who works with children and youth with special health care needs, I find it especially helpful to narrow down the many available options. There is so much great work being done in the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) arena, and posters are a great way to share some of this work.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

So, after a few personal and professional interruptions pushed back her family-building timeline, she and her husband welcomed their daughter in spring 2024. Did you plan to take maternity leave? I looked everywhere to find what the ideal length of maternity leave is. Before 2024, I was always trying to write for a new place.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Folate Helps Protect Against Lead's Neurotoxic Effects An October 2024 study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal 2 found that supplementing with folic acid, a synthetic version of folate, during pregnancy helps mitigate lead's neurotoxic effects. Hence, the U.S.

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United States of Care

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

On September 9, 2024, United States of Care (USofCare) submitted a response to a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) entitled “CY 2025 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1809),” also known.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

APRIL 24, 2025

Policy Alerts deliver sensitive announcements and timely information on issues spanning Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Judiciary Branch that affect maternal and child health (MCH). With this new name, we aim to better reflect the full scope of the content it provides. Register now !

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NC Health News

MARCH 23, 2025

By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press The paradox of rural womens health care in North Carolina: Small, remote hospitals cant afford to keep delivering babies and providing other critical OB/GYN services, but their communities cant afford for them to stop. No analogous system exists for maternal care in North Carolina.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

OCTOBER 3, 2024

million cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB) to build the capacity of public health leaders at the state and local level to effectively use policy approaches related to housing and food security for MCH populations.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

OCTOBER 16, 2024

million cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB) to build the capacity of public health leaders at the state and local level to effectively use policy approaches related to housing and food security for MCH populations.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

October 18, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Breastfeeding difficulties, hypertension, depression, and sleep deprivation are just a handful of the health challenges that mothers may experience in the weeks and months following childbirth.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Every year, AMCHP recognizes individuals in the maternal and child health (MCH) community who have gone above and beyond to positively impact those around them. MacQueen Lecture Award : For innovation in the field of maternal and child health. Limited travel support is available for some awards.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 13, 2025

The tool kit was produced in 2022 through a collaboration between Americares , a nonprofit that provides health-focused aid in response to disasters, and the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Maternal Health Task Force

JULY 1, 2024

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in July 2024.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, March of Dimes, and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine led a letter with 125 signatories to Congressional leadership urging them to swiftly pass the bipartisan Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 ( H.R.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 9, 2025

By Rachel Crumpler Overdose is a significant cause of maternal death in North Carolina, according to the states latest maternal mortality review. That’s shockingly horrific, said David Ryan, an OB-GYN and addiction medicine doctor at ECU Health. And the deaths are just the most extreme cases, he explained.

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Black Health Matters

JANUARY 31, 2025

Pregnancy is loaded with health minefields that can turn a joyous time into a season of danger, including sexually transmitted infections.A According to the Journal of Transmitted Infections, Curable STIs are associated with maternal morbidity, preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth.

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