Preterm birth complications
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By Olive Cocoman, Kadi Toure, Mary Kinney World Prematurity Day is a key moment to focus global attention on the leading cause of child deaths under age 5 – complications from preterm birth – which accounted for an estimated 1 million deaths in 2015. Efforts for World Prematurity Day support...
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How should we measure inpatient care for small and sick newborns? Launch of online Every Newborn Action Plan survey on World Prematurity Day on the 17th November! TAKE THE SURVEY HERE (ENGLISH) Spanish French An estimated 2.7 million newborns die each year - many of these deaths occur in small and...
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By Sohrab Hussain, Save the Children Bangladesh Mossammat Nipa, age 18, gave birth to her first child, Omar, eight weeks early in Khoksha hospital in Bangladesh’s Kushtia district. Although he weighed just 1,740 grams (3.8 pounds), Omar’s doctors determined he was clinically stable. To help Omar get through the dangerous...
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Imagine a situation where a woman has gone through a healthy pregnancy and her family has taken the requisite measures to ensure a good outcome. But due to quality issues at the health facility, the woman dies or leaves with a dead baby or in a worst case scenario, mother...
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