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By Stephen Hodgins, MD Senior technical advisor, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children. An imaginary story Once upon a time there was a place where diarrhea was one of the main killers of young children. Most treatment was home remedies or treatment from traditional healers or “quacks,” i.e., those...
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By Chunmei Li Director of Worldwide Corporate Contributions Johnson & Johnson The baby’s name was Michael. His mother, Proshe, was one of the “lucky” ones able to get to a clinic to give birth to her child. But at the moment of birth, at the split second when the...
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By Hope Mafaranga. Read the original post here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp5NBVNl8xg Before she leaves her house in Mafubira sub-county, Jinja district to Buwenge Hospital, locally known as Kivejinja, Agnes Kasaigi, kneels to ask God for favour to save mothers in labour and their newborn babies. What makes her tick She says she cannot stand seeing a mother in pain....
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Originally published on Maternal Health Task Force. By Kayla McGowan, Project Coordinator, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Six months after the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference (GMNHC) held in Mexico City last October and just weeks before the Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, leaders in...
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This blog was originally published by the Global Health: Science and Practice. Peripheral-level birthing centers may be appropriate and effective in some circumstances if crucial systems requirements can be met. But promising models don’t necessarily scale well, so policy makers and program managers need to consider what requirements can and...
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