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Maternal Health Initiative
Life and health are the most basic human rights, yet disparities between and within countries continue to grow. No single solution or institution can address the variety of health concerns the world faces. By leveraging, building on, and coordinating the Wilson Center’s strong regional and cross-cutting programming, the Maternal Health Initiative (MHI) promotes dialogue and understanding among practitioners, scholars, community leaders, and policymakers.
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Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health Series
Since 2009, the Wilson Center’s Advancing Dialogue on Maternal Health Series, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has brought together experts working in maternal health with a focus on solutions.
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The Wilson Center’s Africa in Transition series, co-sponsored by the Population Institute, focuses on how often overlooked population trends—fertility, maternal mortality, migration, urbanization—shape sub-Saharan Africa’s chances for prosperity, health, and security.
Elevating Country Voices in the Global Dialogue on Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, and Family Planning
The Wilson Center's Maternal Health Initiative, in collaboration with USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, highlight country learning across key thematic areas of quality of care: measurement, leadership and governance, quality improvement action and capacity building, measurement, and accountability.
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