Category: Maternal and Child Health

Voluntary Position Available – Consultant Paediatrician

December 22, 2010 by Fred

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Assignment Length: 3 months
Number of positions available: 4
Application Deadline: 27^th February 2011
Starting – Consecutively in either April, July, Oct 2012 or Jan 2013

The 100th anniversary of International Womens Day: Is enough being done to reduce maternal mortality

February 8, 2010 by Keir Philip

“There is no better investment than safe-guarding the lives of mothers,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

Happy New Year - January Newsletter full of ideas, info and opportunities!

January 24, 2010 by admin

Happy New 2010 - the latest newsletter is available for download here!

We hope to see you at an Alma Mata event this year!

Position Available: Medical Coordinator in Freetown, Sierra Leone

December 10, 2009 by Fred

Voluntary Position Available – Medical Coordinator
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Assignment Length: One year
Application Deadline: 31st January 2010
Starting – July 2010 (start date may be somewhat flexible)

Job Description

The Medical Coordinator (MC) will provide technical leadership and contribute to the development and implementation of ongoing and new project activities aimed at improving the quality of paediatric health care in Sierra Leone, starting at the country’s only specialist paediatric facility, Ola During Children’s Hospital (ODCH).

Alma Mata Global Health Newsletter - October 2009

September 26, 2009 by admin

Merlin report highlights need for greater investment to cut maternal mortality

May 12, 2009 by gblewis81

Summer School 2009: UCL International Institute for Society & Health

March 24, 2009 by timkilleen

The UCL Health and Society Summer School 13 - 17 July 09 focusing on the social determinants of health and global health is now accepting registrations. Speakers included Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Professor Richard Wilkinson (author of the recently published The Spirit Level - Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better).

Maternal Health

April 19, 2008 by News Editor

The Lancet Series, Maternal and child undernutrition

March 19, 2008 by News Editor

Effective international action against undernutrition:
why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?

The Lancet: Maternal and Child Undernutrition

February 10, 2008 by News Editor