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The Pivot with Heather Vahdat

UNC Epidemiology Blog

There is a strong pipeline for male contraceptives because there is no “one size fits all” approach to reproductive health care. It recently completed Phase II trials and the results have so far been quite favorable globally. Many people ask me about the demand for these methods.

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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Maternal Health Task Force

Senior Specialist, Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health ; Save the Children; Washington D.C. Program OR Senior Program Officer, Reproductive Health Technologies ; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Seattle, WA Senior Program Assistant, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition ; PATH; Washington, D.C.

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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Maternal Health Task Force

Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe.

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Where Did My Midwife Go?

Maternal Health Task Force

According to leading global health institutions, worldwide there is an estimated shortage of nearly 1,000,000 midwives. A fear of prosecution and litigation was also mentioned dozens of times with difficult to navigate political issues affecting reproductive health especially in the US.

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Trump administration's foreign aid cuts threaten to roll back global maternal mortality progress

The Hill

Maternal mortality rates have declined significantly across the world since the turn of the century, but global health experts fear that progress could be rolled back as a result of the Trump administration's cuts to U.S. spent $500,697,000 on maternal and child health programs abroad in fiscal 2023, according to an analysis from KFF.

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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Maternal Health Task Force

Africa Job Organization Location (Country) International Consultant to carry out a desk search on the dynamic of youth institutions and organizations in Guinea-Bissau UNFPA Guinea-Bissau Programme Coordinator: Resource Mobilization (RM) Partnerships, Lilongwe, Malawi, P3 UNFPA Malawi Program Manager CHAI Uganda Program Manager, Health System Strengthening (..)

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Best of Both Worlds: AEF Fellow Bonnie Bloxom on Studying Abroad and Combining Epi and Clinical MCH Work

CSTE

Best of Both Worlds: AEF Fellow Bonnie Bloxom on Studying Abroad and Combining Epi and Clinical MCH Work By Ben Warden, CSTE Staff Todays National Public Health Week 2023 theme is Reproductive Health, a subject close to current AEF fellow Bonnie Bloxom. I didnt know public health existed until this class.