Harvard Undergraduate Maternal Health Initiative

10/05/2015

Happy Mother's Day! =

For many, Mother's Day means gifting the maternal figures in our lives with cards, flowers, breakfast in bed, and other tokens of affection. Yet, for all of our appreciation of mothers, they are still denied a vital benefit in this country. Of 185 countries around the world, the U.S. is

07/05/2014

Check out this awesome video campaign to raise awareness about Save the Children. Maternal Mortality isn't sexy, but it DESERVES your attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXMKEnra8w

New York City fashion models came prepared to shoot a sexy commercial. Then we asked them to do the impossible... To Learn More: http://bit.ly/1kFLNAF

06/05/2014

We asked you think about: "What would a world with more healthy moms look like?"

Clementine seeks to build a community of moms seeking advice, inspiration, and the tools needed to lead healthy and happy lives.

We are in the initial stages of prototyping and would love input from moms, parents, friends and families on various utilities of such a resource.

Please consider helping us by taking the survey below and sharing with friends and family!

http://tinyurl.com/healthymothers

All responses are helpful responses. There are no right or wrong answers. Thank you in advance!!

"What would a world with more healthy moms look like?"

We at Clementine and the Harvard Undergraduate Maternal Health Initiative seeking to make your answers to that question a reality by building a community of moms seeking advice, inspiration, and the tools needed to lead healthy and happy lives.


We are in the initial stages of prototyping and would love input from moms, parents, friends and families on various utilities of such a resource. Please consider helping us by taking the survey below and sharing with friends and family!
http://tinyurl.com/healthymothers

All responses are helpful responses.
There are no right or wrong answers.
Thank you in advance!!

05/05/2014

"What would a world with more healthy moms look like?"

We at Clementine and the Harvard Undergraduate Maternal Health Initiative seeking to make your answers to that question a reality by building a community of moms seeking advice, inspiration, and the tools needed to lead healthy and happy lives.


We are in the initial stages of prototyping and would love input from moms, parents, friends and families on various utilities of such a resource. Please consider helping us by taking the survey below and sharing with friends and family!
http://tinyurl.com/healthymothers

All responses are helpful responses.
There are no right or wrong answers.
Thank you in advance!!

16/12/2013

A quarter of women in England are left alone during labor and birth at a time that worries them. How can this be improved in England, and can those improvements translate to the developing world? Let us know your thoughts

A quarter of women are left alone during labour and birth at a time that worries them, according to an official survey.

04/12/2013

Check us out in  the Harvard Crimson ! Thomas F. Burke, the chief of the Division of Global Health and Human Rights at Massachusetts General Hospital, argued that the greatest inequality on earth is...

04/12/2013

check out the article in the The Harvard Crimson featuring our event from last night!

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/12/4/massachusetts-general-chief-presentation/?page=1

Dr. Thomas Burke of Massachusetts General Hospital speaks Tuesday night about the importance of global maternal health and the role of men in the field. Burke, also an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, followed his lecture with a student discussion group.

03/12/2013

Hope to see you there!

27/11/2013

Why is Maternal Health MORE than just a Women's Health Issue? A Conversation on Men in Maternal Health with Dr. Thomas Burke, Chief, Division of Global Health and Human Rights, Emergency Medicine. Hope to see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/396549073812302/

12/11/2013

Figures in Pakistan have soared to an estimated 276 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births recorded. Mercy Corps, a global aid agency, has urged provincial governments to reach out to communities and ask mothers to use a new drug to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/629324/maternal-deaths-a-30-rupee-medicine-could-be-potential-lifesaver-says-aid-agency/

Mercy Corps says Misopr­ostol needs to be introd­uced at grassr­oots.

31/10/2013

The Harvard School of Public Health presents its "Frontiers in Global Health Seminars" series and there is one on maternal mortality on Nov. 6th from 12:30-1:30pm! We hope to see you there!!

29/10/2013

By Swapna Majumdar, Women's eNews NEW DELHI (WOMENSENEWS)--Sumi Mardi was not surprised to find most children are sickly and undernourished in Bheetardari, a remote village in the tribal-dominated east Singhbhum district of the state of Jharkhand.