Visualising data can stimulate action

Originally published on MamaYe. In a world oversaturated with data it can be hard to know which evidence to pay attention to or where to find the data you need. Static pie charts and line graphs are no longer sufficient in our digital age – we need tools which marry...

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How Working with “Advocacy Champions” Can Accelerate Change

Blog by Carlisle Levine and Sarah Roma.  In 2000 the newborn mortality rate in Bangladesh was more than 39 per 1,000 live births, accounting for approximately half of all deaths for children under 5 years of age,[1] but few were paying attention. Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) program...

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Maternal-newborn health – Quality, equity and dignity for all

Blog by: Amy Boldosser-Boesch, FCI Program of MSH; Olive Cocoman, WHO; Mary Kinney, Save the Children; Betsy McCallon, White Ribbon Alliance; Kadi Toure, PMNCH. A powerful new integrated maternal-newborn health advocacy campaign focused on quality, equity and dignity of care for all mothers and babies was launched at the Women Deliver conference. The Global...

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Nurse-Identified Barriers To Providing Newborn Care In India: How Do They Fit With The Sustainable Development Goals?

Relative and absolute poverty continues to be a prevalent issue around the world that impacts all aspects of people’s lives. Receiving adequate health care, specifically in the neonatal period, is highly important due to the vulnerabilities that exists around complications during and after birth. However, there are many barriers to...

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Maternal-newborn health – Quality, equity and dignity for all

17 MAY 2016 | COPENHAGEN, DENMARK A powerful new integrated maternal-newborn health advocacy campaign focused on quality, equity and dignity of care for all mothers and babies was launched at the Women Deliver conference. The Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (Global Strategy) calls for ending all preventable...

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