Nigeria: First Day of Life
On the 7th of May 2013, Save the Children in Nigeria joined colleagues across the world to launch State of the World’s Mother’s Report.
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HNN Team
Stories From Ghana: When Cultural Norms and Life-Saving Care Come Together
As of February 2013, an astounding 95 percent of women were provided a first postnatal care visit – and 90 percent, a second visit. Just as amazing – there were no newborn deaths recorded in the facility or the community during 2012.
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The Real Breastfeeding Scandal
The real scandal is not breastfeeding late, but that too many moms don't get the support needed to breastfeed early -- or to keep breastfeeding, should they want to.
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Signal functions are a representative shortlist of key interventions and activities that address major causes of morbidity or mortality and that are indicative of a certain type and level of care.
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Kangaroo Mother Care in the Philippines: Widening its Reach to Other Regional Facilities
It is essential that a national Kangaroo Mother Care policy be promulgated in the Philippines.
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