http://www.immpact-international.org/rss/Immpact RSS FeedenImmpactweb-team@abdn.ac.ukweb-team@abdn.ac.ukFri, 30 Jul 2010 10:47:08 GMThttp://www.immpact-international.org/images/rss.gifhttp://www.immpact-international.org/15039Immpact researchers have authored two chapters in this recently released book in the RCOG Study Group series.  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:24:30 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=144http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=144The 15th African Union Summit is taking place 19 - 27 July 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. The theme of this year's summit is Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:23:23 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=145http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=145Global Voices for Maternal Health - new project from the University of Oxford. Calling all midwives, nurses and doctors! "If you provide care for pregnant women in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East, this is your opportunity to make your voice heard"Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:50:47 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=142http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=142The Women Deliver team have selected five key items from the recent conference in Washington to showcase online.Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:04:01 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=143http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=143Clean birth kits - potential to deliver? Evidence, experience, estimated lives saved and cost. Blencowe, H., Lawn, J., Graham W. Save the Children and Immpact 2010.Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:42:15 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=141http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=141The Atlas of Birth was recently launched at the Women Deliver 2010 conference in Washington DC (June 7-9).  Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:04:48 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=140http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=140A recently published article in the journal Social Science & Medicine details how the authors extended the established verbal autopsy (VA) method to investigate socio-cultural factors relevant to the deaths of women during pregnancy, childbirth or the postpartum period in rural districts in Indonesia and Burkina Faso.Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:11:27 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=139http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=139Immpact is nearing completion of a review of the literature on the use of birth kits in developing countries. The review aims to summarise the state of knowledge regarding current birth kit use and the lessons learnt. We anticipate that this will be available by the end of March 2010.Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:37:28 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=130http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=130A series of letters in the current issue of The Lancet (June 5, 2010) focus on a recent article that reports new, modelled, maternal mortality estimates. Wendy J Graham, David A Braunholtz and Oona M R Campbell contribute here. Go to The Lancet website to access the rest of this correspondence and the original article.  Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:28:26 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=138http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=138Immpact team members - Wendy Graham, Julia Hussein, David Sullivan & Lisa Davidson - will be attending Women Deliver & Countdown to 2015 in Washington DC, 7-9 June 2010.    Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:16:17 GMTnewshttp://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=137http://www.immpact-international.org/index.php?id=20&display=y&news_id=137