Essential newborn care
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The hallways are lined with women in labor. The beds are filled with mothers holding small or sick newborns. And the walls are plastered with various medical guidelines. This is the labor and maternity ward at Ntchisi District Hospital – one of four district hospitals participating in the quality improvement...
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Global Health Media Project has completed all 27 teaching videos in its Small Baby Series, providing in-depth coverage on best-practice care of babies born too small or too soon. Filmed in hospitals in Bangladesh, Uganda, and Nepal, the videos cover key topics including essential care, skin-to-skin care, a small baby’s...
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A Social and Behavior Change Communication Campaign shifts community perception of newborn life in Malawi. By Victoria Lwesha, Senior MCHN Technical Advisor at Save the Children Malawi Featured image: Group Village Headman Saiti from Traditional Authority Chikweo Machinga delivers key messages on newborn life at a community campaign event A...
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Photo: Chrissy Antonio holds her premature twins in the KMC position. Born less than 1500 grams each, the babies were released from the unit five days after delivery. Before coming to Malawi I would never have guessed I would become an advocate for babies. For most of my life, I...
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LGH ‘s objective is to help train and equip over one million birth attendants to become efficient lifesavers, and to help save over 400,000 more lives per year by 2020. We believe these objectives are fully achievable by supporting our alliance partners and their implementation programs. The following brief video...
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