The Lancet's Maternal Survival Series: An Urgent Call to Action
- Mary Ellen Stanton, U.S. Agency for International Development
9:35 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. – Setting the Stage
- Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, JHPIEGO
9:40 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. – Coming to Terms: Ending the Era of Neglect for the World's Mothers
- Dr. Nils Daulaire, Global Health Council
9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. – History of the Global Safe Motherhood Initiative
- Ann Starrs, Family Care International
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. – Maternal Lancet Series Authors
- Dr. Carine Ronsmans, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine;
- Marge Koblinsky, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh
10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.: Responses
- Lynn P. Freedman, Columbia University
- Dr. Koki Agarwal, JHPIEGO
11:05 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: Question & Answer
11:45 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.: The Way Forward
- Anne Tinker, Save the Children
11:55 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Closing
- Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, JHPIEGO
Speakers
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Maternal Health Initiative
Despite global attention and calls to action, women continue to die while giving birth. The Maternal Health Initiative (MHI) leads the Wilson Center’s work on maternal health, global health equity, and gender equality. MHI works to connect issues critical to global health and women’s empowerment to foreign policy and US leadership, with a focus on improving the lives of women, adolescents, and children around the world. Through collaborations with policymakers, academia, donors, and practitioners, MHI produces cutting-edge research, fosters cross-sectoral engagement, increases awareness of key issues, and informs US leadership on solutions for ending maternal and newborn deaths and addressing gender-based global health issues. Read more
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more