Detecting and diagnosing infection in women during and after pregnancy in Togo
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health
Togo
HNN Team
The Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) has launched a new programme in Togo, which aims to better understand the causes of infection in women during and after pregnancy, and determine the usefulness of an early warning score to detect possible infection. Last month, Dr Mary McCauley, Academic Clinical Lecturer at CMNH, travelled to … Continued
A New Partnership to Protect Mothers and Newborns in the Midst of the Ebola Outbreak
Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo
HNN Team
Jhpiego is partnering with the Society of African Gynecologists and Obstetricians (SAGO) to expand and reinforce Ebola preparedness training for frontline health workers across West Africa in the event the virus outbreak spreads further in the region.
Differing Levels of Progress Make Idea of ‘AIDS in Africa’ Obsolete
Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Togo, Zambia
HNN Team
Progress in the battle against AIDS is widely divergent in different African countries, so much so that to talk about “AIDS in Africa” as one epidemic needing a single approach has become an anachronism, campaigners said on Tuesday.
African Campaign to Reduce Maternal Mortality Launched in Togo
Togo
HNN Team
The Togolese head of State, Faure Gnassingbe, on Tuesday launched activities marking the campaign to accelerate the reduction of maternal, neonatal and child mortality in Africa (CARMMA)