After Tragedy, a Successful UN Test Case in Peru for Reproductive Rights Mythili Sampathkumar January 22, 2016 Fifteen years ago in Lima, Peru a 17-year-old girl, K.L., was told her unborn fetus had anencephaly. The birth defect meant the baby would be born without a forebrain and carrying to term would put K.L.’s life in danger. In instances such as this the Peruvian ...
Top 10 Global Health Milestones in 2012 Mark Leon Goldberg December 14, 2012 PSI Impact magazine, for which I am a contributor, asked its readers to nominate 10 great global health moments of the past year, then asked experts write profiles of each milestone. This list will lift your spirits.
Maternal Deaths: A Preventable Global Tragedy Mark Leon Goldberg July 11, 2012 Imagine a cruise ship full of women sinks every day for the rest of the year - killing nearly 1,000 women per day.The sad truth is that a tragedy of this magnitude does happen every day. Every two minutes, a woman dies from complications related to pregnancy
Watch Live! London Summit on Family Planning Mark Leon Goldberg July 11, 2012 There's a big-deal conference underway in London right now with representatives and leaders from scores of developing and donor countries and top NGOs and philanthropies. Their collective goal: bring modern family planning services to the 220 million women in the developing world.
Getting Ready for the London Summit on Family Planning Jaclyn Schiff July 10, 2012 Wondering what that #FPSummit hashtag is all about?
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.
Why Youth, Why Now? Mark Leon Goldberg January 31, 2012 I wrote the cover story for PSI Impact Magazine about how the international global health community is starting to focus on youth health issues. Traditionally, the main focus has been on newborns and children, but there is a growing recognition that youth in their teens and twenties are a critical cohort to target health interventions.
Exclusive Photos of Experimental Reproductive Health Products in Production Mark Leon Goldberg June 23, 2011 From the Pacific Health Summit: A tour of PATH reveals new reproductive health tools currently in production.
Manny Pacquiao May Not Like Condoms, But Why Punish Filipino Women? Mark Leon Goldberg May 24, 2011 He may think it's sinful to use condoms, but why deny others who might not feel the same way? It just goes to show that being a world champion boxer doesn't prevent you from being a world class something else.
