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Prioritizing Maternal and Newborn Health in Conflict-Affected Contexts: Insights from the EQUAL Research Consortium

Photo Credit: International Rescue Committee Nigeria, 2017 Recent data underscores a sobering reality: countries grappling with humanitarian crises shoulder a significant burden of global maternal and newborn mortality rates, necessitating urgent, targeted interventions in these contexts. To unpack the intricate dynamics of maternal and newborn health (MNH) prioritization amidst crisis...

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The state of maternal and newborn health in conflict affected contexts

Photo Caption: ©International Rescue Committee; Photo: KC Nwakalor for the IRC and it is a photo of a mother and her newborn in Borno, Nigeria The state of maternal and newborn health serves as an important measure of a health system’s strength as it showcases both access to quality health care...

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Simple and safe: preventing preterm birth with aspirin

This commentary was originally published in The Lancet By Julie A Quinlivan   Preterm birth is one of the most common causes of death and disability in children in high-income and low-income countries around the world. Wealthy nations have targeted the problem with expensive interventions, including ultrasounds of the cervical...

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Ebola virus disease and breastfeeding: time for attention

This blog was originally published in The Lancet as a commentary here. By Mija Ververs & Akanksha Arya This year’s Global Nutrition Cluster meeting in July, 2019, offered a platform on which to discuss all nutrition-related humanitarian emergencies. Ebola virus disease (EVD) and breastfeeding in DR Congo was an obvious...

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Ebola vaccine for pregnant women: One step closer but still more to go

This blog was originally published as an opinion piece in STAT here. In the midst of a deadly epidemic like Ebola, who should get an experimental vaccine that provides protection against the disease 97.5% of the time? The obvious candidates would be immediate contacts of people who developed Ebola, and...

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