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The Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth, one of the leading international organizations working on reproductive health to improve the quality of healthcare for the poor has announced that it is providing eight new grants to support organizations for implementing maternal health projects in countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Task Force works to bring “together existing maternal health initiatives and engages new organizations to facilitate global coordination of maternal health evidence, programs, and policies. Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Maternal Health Task Force convenes stakeholders and creates an inclusive setting to engage in dialogue, build consensus, foster innovation, and share information.”
One of the important outcomes of these projects will be the recommendations to the national policy for improving maternal health. The projects receiving the grant support are, as follows:
“In Bangladesh, scientists and nonscientists will collaborate at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) in translating new and existing knowledge about maternal health into proposals to improve government policies and practices. They will seek consensus on identifying key questions raised by three recent research programs, ensure access to the findings, reach out to national policymakers, and build ICDDR,B capacity and visibility for future work in knowledge translation.”
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