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Does breech delivery in an upright position instead of on the back improve outcomes and avoid cesareans? http://bit.ly/2j2cMiq 

What Is New in Global Women’s Health? (Part 1): Best Articles From the Past Year (http://ow.ly/X0tM307E7jM )

Perceptions/experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in Guinea's health facilities: http://bit.ly/2jVcNDb  #respectfulmaternitycare

Violence in South Sudan has caused demand for large family size as well as high rates of fertility/child mortality: http://bit.ly/2jVcYOW 

Thank you to @NewSecurityBeat & @TheWilsonCenter for hosting this #MHDialogue on improving maternal and newborn health in urban areas.

Thanks for an excellent #mhdialogue on #maternalhealth in urban areas! @RobertClaySaves @AMDD_Program @HealthyNewborns @SavetheChildren

Local-led #urbanhealth solutions, like using community members as researchers & implementers, proves to establish trust. #MHDialogue

Childbirth—now often over-medicalized—becomes a lens through which women's aspirations to be modern manifest #MaternalHealthNow #MHDialogue

Some women in cities want to hold on to traditions, others want new approach. Affects childbirth practices, requires listening. #MHDialogue

We understand #MNCH in rural areas. How do we transition to urban settings? @AMDD_Program's Lynn P. Freedman shares how at #MHDialogue.

'It's hard to quantify maternal newborn health in urban areas because there's no data sharing from private sector' - L. Crane #MHDialogue

With aspiration to be modern, women in urban areas don't necessarily want to give birth how their grandmothers did - L. Freedman #MHDialogue