Blog Post Recaps First-Ever Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference

Center for Strategic & International Studies’ “Smart Global Health”: Rights On the Alameda
Katherine E. Bliss, senior associate (non-resident) with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, discusses sessions held at the first Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, which ran from October 18 to 21 in Mexico City, as well as the history of maternal health in Mexico. “…By the close of the conference, I found myself inspired by the many achievements in improving the quality of maternal and newborn care that were reported and hopeful that the lessons gleaned from diverse fields and country contexts will be effectively shared and applied in new settings…” (11/18).

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