Every Newborn
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HNN Team
Published as part of a series on PMNCH. In sub-Saharan Africa each day, 550 women and 2,800 newborns die from preventable complications related to pregnancy, childbirth, and other causes. An additional 2,900 women experience a stillbirth. Childbirth is the riskiest time for women and their babies, and diabetes is one...
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New mom, advocate, shares her view on how Kenya is an important step closer to giving newborns and moms a healthier start. By: Pauline Irungu, Advocacy and Policy Manager, PATH A few months ago, my family and I welcomed a baby boy into the world. There is no greater joy...
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Written by: Priya Agrawal, BMBCh, MA, MPH, DFSRH Executive Director Merck for Mothers Dr. Priya Agrawal is an obstetrician/gynecologist, women’s health expert and executive director of Merck Mothers – Merck’s 10-year, $500 million initiative to reduce maternal mortality. One of the biggest surprises at the Global Maternal Newborn Health...
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Dr Chan is visiting a hospital and clinical research centre in Recife, the capital of Pernambuco state where a significant number of pregnant women who contracted the Zika virus during pregnancy have delivered babies with microcephaly. The Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute (IMIP) is the National Referral Center for...
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HNN Team
In the year that we ushered in a new development era of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health, there were 2.7 million newborn deaths, 2.6 million babies stillborn and 303,000 maternal deaths.
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