“Improving Maternal Health: Insights from around the world” event at Harvard School of Public Health
Improving Maternal Health: Insights from around the world
A celebration of the MHTF-PLOS collection of open-access maternal health research
December 11, 2013 11am to 12:30pm
The Leadership Studio
Harvard School of Public Health
Seats are limited. Please arrive early! Join the conversation on Twitter: #MHTFPLOS
A panel of authors from the collection will discuss their recent papers, and share insights for improving maternal health from Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Ghana:
Minor Ailments in Pregnancy Are Not a Minor Concern for Pregnant Women: A Morbidity Assessment Survey in Rural Sri Lanka
Suneth Buddhika Agampodi
When Women Deliver with No One Present in Nigeria: Who, What, Where and So What?
Nosakhare G. Orobaton
Effect on Postpartum Hemorrhage of Prophylactic Oxytocin (10 IU) by Injection by Community Health Officers in Ghana: A Community-Based, Cluster-Randomized Trial
Cynthia K. Stanton
Q/A with the authors: Audience members, both in the studio as well as remote participants via live-stream and Twitter, will be given the opportunity to ask questions.
Announcement of the year 3 call for papers and discussion of the year 3 theme: Ana Langer, director of the MHTF, and Rhona MacDonald, editor at PLOS Medicine, will announce the theme for the year 3 collection!
Questions about this event? Contact Kate Mitchell at kmitchel@hsph.harvard.edu
