Director, Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program
Director, Law and Policy Project
Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health
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Selected Global Activities
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| Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program
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In February 2005, Prof. Freedman became director of AMDD, which works in over 50 countries to reduce maternal mortality by increasing access to and utilization of emergency obstetric care. Before that, Prof. Freedman was part part of the core management team of AMDD and led the program's efforts to integrate a human rights perspective into the program's strategies and implementation efforts.
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| UN Millennium Project Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health
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The Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health was one of 10 Task Forces of the UN Millennium Project established by the Secretary General of the United Nations to provide a road map for countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Since the Task Force's creation in 2002, Prof. Freedman has served as senior advisor and was lead author of the Task Force's Final Report "Who's Got the Power: Transforming Health Systems for WOmen and Children, which focus on the importance of developing health systems.
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| Law and Policy Project
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The Law and Policy Project works with NGO networks, human rights organizations, and women's health organizations in the US and internationally, to address the legal and policy dimensions of health, with a particular emphasis on women's reproductive health.
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