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Globally, 2.4 million babies die during their first month of life each year (HNN). Neonatal mortality is highest in low-income settings, fragile states, and countries that have recently experienced a humanitarian crisis, where risks of complications and infections are high. In 2022, 38% of newborn deaths and 38% of stillbirths...
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By: Erica Corbett and Steve Wall In the years since the last Newborn Numbers update much has changed in the landscape for maternal and newborn health. While there have been some advances – newborn deaths fell from 2.5 million in 2018 to 2.4 million in 2020, and both early initiation...
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This story was originally written by USAID’s MaMoni Maternal and Newborn Care Strengthening Project. Sraboni Rani Majumder is a Family Welfare Visitor (FWV) in a Madaripur District, Bangladesh Union Health and Family Welfare Center (UH&FWC), which serves a population of around 12,000 people. Since she joined the health center in...
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In 2015, the Government of India launched ‘Dakshata’, meaning adroitness, across the country, to reduce the maternal mortality ratio and stillbirth rate. The initiative aimed to strengthen the quality of care (QoC) during and immediately after childbirth through focused and customized trainings for strategic skill-building of providers on high-impact essential...
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How results from a multi-country study encourage a review of current global policy and practice to save lives A blog by Golam Mothabbir, Senior Advisor, Health and Nutrition, Save the Children International – Bangladesh Country Office, and Eric Swedberg, Managing Director, Child Health, Department of Global Health, Save the Children, USA....
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