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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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World Birth Defects Day – Every journey matters

8 million babies are born with a birth defect globally each year. March 3rd is World Birth Defects Day.  Every year, around 8 million children are born with birth defects globally. At the 2010 63rd World Health Assembly, the UN Member States agreed to promote primary prevention and improve the...

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“The basics matter…let us make sure that every child gets skin-to-skin contact from birth to Kangaroo Mother Care.”

A Q&A with UNICEF’s Fatima Gohar on KMC in humanitarian settings and emergencies. Photo caption: A trainee, left, practices proper newborn placement on Fatima Gohar (right) during a recent training on Kangaroo Mother Care in Somalia. World Prematurity Day (WPD) on 17 November raises awareness of the challenges and burden of...

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