Lifesaving Safer Births program scales to over 150 hospitals in Tanzania, reaching thousands of healthcare providers
Safer Births
Tanzania, United Republic of
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The implementation of the second phase of the Safer Birth Bundle of Care (SBBC) program in Tanzania has begun, reaching 152 hospitals across 5 regions with the aim of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. The scale up follows an implementation of SBBC from 2020-2023 in 30 hospitals, which showed promising preliminary results, including reductions in … Continued
Why it’s so hard to treat pain in infants (National Geographic)
National Geographic
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This article was originally published by National Geographic. BY SHARON GUYNUP PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 11, 2021 “For decades physicians believed that premature babies didn’t experience pain. Here’s what doctors know now – and the innovative solutions being embraced by today’s caregivers. Doctors once believed that infants—especially premature babies—did not feel pain, and if they did, they would … Continued
International Women’s Health Organisations Recognise World Patient Safety Day
FIGO
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This statement was originally published by FIGO, International Federation of Genecology and Obstetrics. FIGO Joint Statement (English, French, Spanish) You can still sign on to this statement as an individual or organisation. Visit this page to make your commitment. Today, our organisations – which represent specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology around the world – come together to … Continued
New toolkit aims to improve global birth defects surveillance
This article was originally published by WHO. Birth defects or congenital anomalies are an invisible tragedy around the world. Every year an estimated 295 000 newborns die due to congenital anomalies during the first 28 days of life. The most common, severe congenital anomalies are heart defects, neural tube defects and Down’s syndrome. Congenital anomalies … Continued
To deliver tech solutions in delivery rooms, donors look to distribution
Devex
Malawi
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This article was originally published by Devex By Catherine Cheney SAN FRANCISCO — One million newborns die every year in Africa, and 80% of these deaths are preventable with technologies that have been available for 50 years in the U.S., according to Dr. Queen Dube, a pediatrician at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. … Continued
Joy after a frightening preterm delivery in Liberia
UNFPA
Liberia
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This article was originally published by UNFPA here. Out of nine pregnancies, Anna Bondo had suffered seven stillbirths, each one a crushing heartbreak. Every loss came as a result of premature labour, the 43-year-old told UNFPA. Last month, pregnant for the tenth time, Ms. Bondo once again went into an early labour. She immediately feared … Continued
Cut off from care in flooded Zimbabwe, pregnant women airlifted to safety
UNFPA
Zimbabwe
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This article was originally published on UNFPA’s website here. HARARE, Zimbabwe – Chioniso Mutenda, 18 years old and nine months pregnant, lies on a bed in Mutambara Mission Hospital’s maternity waiting home. She is tired but relieved. Until recently, her safety and health were not assured. Just weeks ago, she survived Cyclone Idai, one of … Continued
Indian engineer wins Innovation Award in UK for neonatal breathing device
The Times of India
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This article was originally published in The Times of India here. An Indian engineer whose low-cost neonatal breathing device has saved the lives of new-born babies across small towns of India, has won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London. Nitesh Kumar Jangir, who created Saans as a breathing support device … Continued
Most Pregnancies Last 9 Months. Why Is the Deadliness of Childbirth Still Taking Us by Surprise?
Global Citizen
Ethiopia, Haiti, Philippines, Liberia
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Vaccines help to dramatically reduce maternal and neonatal deaths. Article by Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Measles, cholera, and diphtheria can kill quickly and without any warning. Yet with childbirth we get nine months’ notice, and it still kills more people every year than these three diseases combined. It’s not just … Continued
In world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the miracle of a safe birth
UNFPA
Yemen
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JARDAN, Yemen – Over a million pregnant women and new mothers require urgent aid in Yemen, the site of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Mohsina was one of these women when she went into labour at the end of a complicated and painful pregnancy. Luckily, her story had a happy – and surprise – ending. … Continued