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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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This blog was originally published by Save the Children. Displacement Binta was displaced by the insurgency in Borno State of Nigeria, where her community was attacked and she was unable to sustain the life she had built. Because of the insurgency, access to medicines have been disrupted and other basic needs...
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Today is International Day of the Midwife (IDM). It is a day to celebrate and to reflect on the impact midwives and midwifery can make on reducing maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity, stillbirths and on improving quality care for women and newborns. It is also a time to consider how...
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A post from the Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group stillbirth series by Dr. Fatima Lamishi Adamu and Dr. Adetoro Adegoke Over the past two decades, substantial progress has been made in reducing the stillbirth rate around the world. However, in some regions, population growth is outpacing the decrease in stillbirth rates....
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This post was originally published as a commentary in The Lancet Global Health here. An estimated 355 000 adverse pregnancy outcomes occur annually due to syphilis,1 two-thirds of which result in stillbirth or neonatal death.2WHO launched the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis initiative in 2014.3However, antenatal syphilis screening...
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