• In-depth Analysis
  • Trending
  • Podcasts
  • Photos
  • Video
  • About UN Dispatch
  • Contact
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
UN Dispatch logo
  • In-depth Analysis
    Featured
    • For the first time, LGBT rights will be formally institutionalized into the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      July 1, 2016
    Recent
    • Vaccine Multilateralism Gets a Shot in the Arm

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      December 22, 2020
    • This is How European Countries Rank in their Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals

      Joanne Lu
      December 11, 2020
    • A Global Study Shows the Link Between Misinformation on Social Media and Vaccine Hesitancy

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      December 9, 2020
    • UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in a Wide-Ranging Climate Interview Urges US To Join “Net Zero By 2050 Coalition”

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      December 2, 2020
    • Better Know Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Biden’s Pick for United Nations Ambassador Who Will Bring “Gumbo Diplomacy” to the UN

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      November 23, 2020
    • Ending Polio in Africa is Leading to Other Major Health Gains

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      November 17, 2020
  • Trending
    Featured
    • Why Does the USA Admit So Few Refugees from Syria?

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      September 9, 2015
    Recent
    • This Video of a Refugee Boy With a Golden Voice Is Going Viral

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      January 25, 2018
    • 9 Stories that will Drive the Global Agenda in 2018

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      December 27, 2017
    • A UN Official (Correctly) Calls Trump’s New Travel Ban “Collective Punishment”

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      September 25, 2017
    • The Supreme Court Just Blocked Vetted Refugees from Starting a New Life in the United States

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      June 26, 2017
    • It’s Not Just Syria. A Record Number of Refugees Are Fleeing from New Conflicts.

      Kimberly Curtis
      June 20, 2017
    • PHOTOS: Inside the World’s Largest Humanitarian Relief Depot

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      February 21, 2017
  • Podcasts
    Featured
    • Nobel Peace Prize

      How to Win the Nobel Peace Prize -- A Juror Explains

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      November 18, 2019
    Recent
    • The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Becomes International Law

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      January 19, 2021
    • The Siege of the US Capitol and the Future of US Foreign Policy

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      January 13, 2021
    • What the Criminal Conviction of Saudi Women’s Rights Activist Loujan al-Hathloul Says About the Future of Saudi Arabia

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      January 11, 2021
    • Mozambique is Experiencing a Surge of Violence as Crisis Worsens in Cabo Delgado Region

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      January 7, 2021
    • How the United States Can Strengthen UN Peacekeeping and Support International Peace and Security

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      January 4, 2021
    • How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Advance a Global Human Rights Agenda

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      December 28, 2020
  • Photos

    Recent

    • PHOTOS: Inside the World's Largest Humanitarian Relief Depot

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      February 21, 2017
    • Five Powerful Photos from South Sudan

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      July 8, 2016
    • PHOTO ESSAY: Struggles, Hopes and Fears of Women in Nepal, One Year After the Earthquake

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      April 8, 2016
    • Here's What Happens When the World's Most Renowned Photographers Capture the Refugee Crisis

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      March 30, 2016
    • This Giant Mural in Oakland, California Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      June 25, 2015
    • The UN's Hurt Locker

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      February 16, 2015
  • Video
    Featured
    • This Amazingly Resiliant 13-Year-Old-Girl Escaped Violence in the Central African Republic

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      January 13, 2015
    Recent
    • A UN Video to Remind the World That Civilians are #NotATarget

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      August 18, 2017
    • VIDEO: A BBC Journalist Snuck Into Yemen To Report on the Worst Humanitarian Crisis

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      July 28, 2017
    • WATCH: UN Secretary General Invokes Physics to Explain Why American Leadership is Necessary for World Order

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      June 21, 2017
    • WATCH: Rarely Seen Footage from the Conflict in the Central African Republic

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      May 17, 2017
    • Famine, Explained (VIDEO)

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      March 13, 2017
    • VIDEO: There is more plastic in the sea, than stars in the galaxy

      Mark Leon Goldberg
      February 24, 2017
  • Contact
  • About

Tagged Maternal Health

Home
Maternal Health

Podcast: Mark Kennedy Shriver is a Global Humanitarian Advocate On a Mission

Mark Leon Goldberg
July 31, 2017
  Mark Shriver is president of Save the Children Action Network, which is the advocacy arm of the global humanitarian organization. We kick off with a discussion of what advocacy for global development and humanitarian issues looks like in the age ...

My Wife Gave Birth to Our Son in the Passenger Seat of our Old Car, Which Taught Me a lot About Global Health

Mark Leon Goldberg
October 14, 2015
This is a wild story. It ends well. Two weeks ago my wife went into labor with our second child. We did not quite make it to the hospital. Or, rather, we did make it to the hospital. Just not inside. Our son was delivered in the passenger seat of our ca...

Giving Birth in an IDP Camp

Mark Leon Goldberg
June 11, 2014

The math is not good for displaced women in South Sudan.

Towards a “Grand Convergence” in Global Health

Mark Leon Goldberg
April 15, 2014

What it will take to close a health gap between rich and poor countries.

US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Talks Maternal Health at the World Health Organization

Mark Leon Goldberg
May 22, 2012

This is a great speech by US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who is in Geneva this week for the World Health Assembly.  Sebelius offers some global context to America's own struggles with providing adequecate health care to women and mothers.

Happy Mother’s Day: Saving Moms At Birth

Mark Leon Goldberg
May 11, 2012

A neat Mother's Day infographic from the USAID

20/20 Highlights Maternal Health (Video)

Mark Leon Goldberg
December 19, 2011

ABC News' 20/20 program ran a special on Friday to highlight maternal health around the world.

From the World Health Assembly: New Committments for Women and Children’s Health

Mark Leon Goldberg
May 19, 2011

Today 16 countries announced new commitments to dramatically reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, as part of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health.

Helping Women and Girls Face the Challenges of Post Earthquake Haiti

Mark Leon Goldberg
January 6, 2011

I speak with Tamara Kreinin, the executive director of women and population at the UN Foundation about some of the challenges facing women and girls in Haiti--and what local groups, the UN and the international community are doing to support reproductive health and women's empowerment in Haiti.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Stay in the loop

Popular posts right now

  • Destroying Cultural Heritage in Timbuktu

    Mark Leon Goldberg
    July 2, 2012
  • Map of the Day: Where Same Sex Marriage is Legal

    Mark Leon Goldberg
    June 26, 2013
  • This Broadside from a US Diplomat is Going Viral on Facebook: “I’m asking people stop blindly criticizing us and put away the shoes they’re polishing to dance on our graves”

    Mark Leon Goldberg
    May 2, 2017

Get occasional updates from UN Dispatch

* indicates required

Want Our Social Media List?