Putting The Lancet Maternal Health Series Into Action: Five Next Steps

Originally published on MHTF. By Kayla McGowan, Project Coordinator, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Last week, experts in maternal health convened at the Wilson Center to mark the recent launch of The Lancet Maternal Health Series, discuss its implications and brainstorm how to translate findings into...

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Visualising data can stimulate action

Originally published on MamaYe. In a world oversaturated with data it can be hard to know which evidence to pay attention to or where to find the data you need. Static pie charts and line graphs are no longer sufficient in our digital age – we need tools which marry...

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How Working with “Advocacy Champions” Can Accelerate Change

Blog by Carlisle Levine and Sarah Roma.  In 2000 the newborn mortality rate in Bangladesh was more than 39 per 1,000 live births, accounting for approximately half of all deaths for children under 5 years of age,[1] but few were paying attention. Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) program...

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