January 29th PBS Documentary on Maternal Health in Haiti
This Friday January 29, 2010, PBS will air a documentary focusing on maternal health in Haiti on its newsmagazine show NOW. The episode explores the context of the global maternal health crisis with a focus on the work of the Haitian Health Foundation, winner of the 2008 Global Health Council Best Practices Award. The earthquake has further stressed a resource-challenged system, with many centers for maternal health damaged or destroyed. Filming for this episode overlapped with the earthquake and the show touches on the additional challenges facing expecting and new mothers and their children living within this crisis.
Visit http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html for more information on air times or the documentary will be available online starting Friday night January 29th at http://www.pbs.org/now/.
About The Author
Jennifer Weinberg
Global Pulse editor and Medical Student at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Check out this vintage issue of GP focusing on natural disasters, published after Hurricane Katrina: http://www.globalpulsejournal.com/2007_spring_issue.html
Of particular interest: “Overlooked” — Women’s rights in natural disasters, by Christopher Dove and Meghana Kunkala, http://www.globalpulsejournal.com/2007_dove_christopher_overlooked_disaster.html