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Globally, there is little controversy about the benefits of normal, physiological birth for healthy mothers and babies. Nor is there disagreement on the need for rapid and safe access to interventions for the few who need them, or for women’s choice based on clear and comprehensive information. Recognising this, the...
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Originally posted on Seed Global Health Helping Babies Breathe (HBB),the resuscitation training program focused on saving babies in the first minutes of life, has drawn attention to newborn survival in resource-limited settings. Midwives, traditional birth attendants, nurses, physicians, and students have all learned how to give newborns their best chance...
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“We feel so proud and happy about what we have become. We manage our babies very well and discharge them alive. We no longer run after the doctors except when babies present with advanced complications,” says Sr Gorret Mukhaye, a registered midwife at Kiryandongo Hospital in the Kiryandongo District of...
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Find out how “Baby Miracle” defied death while undergoing intensive treatment in neonatal care units at Kiboga Hospital and later at the Hoima Regional Referral Hospital (RRH).
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Safe Motherhood Initiative and there is much to celebrate. Maternal deaths globally have decreased by 44 percent since 1990.
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