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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgfkXEetyJw A film about the Safer Births Project implemented at Haydom Lutheran Hospital in Tanzania from 2013-2018. The project brought new research and tools to help improve newborn care through innovative training solutions and therapy products. Learn more: www.saferbirths.com Original post
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A recent study on the measurement of service readiness for providing inpatient care of small and sick newborns puts the spotlight on improving monitoring systems, quality of care and investments in health systems scale-up to end preventable newborn death and disability, as discussed in Part 2 in a series of...
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The following typical anecdote served as the urgent impetus to develop a strategy to reduce premature infant mortality in Tanzania, a low resource country. Rounding in a newborn intensive care area where babies are not routinely monitored (see Picture 1), the care team came upon a 30 week premature infant...
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Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths within a Generation This article was originally published on the Health Policy Plus Viewpoints blog. This past August, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ministers of health from 26 countries[1] took a major leap forward when they signed a ministerial declaration committing to end Preventable Maternal,...
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I wanted to be a midwife for as long as I can remember and have now been practicing this noble profession for 30 years. I joined the Aga Khan Hospital as the nurse manager for maternal and child health in 1990 and was appointed director of nursing and midwifery services...
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