Essential newborn care
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In 1846 Dr. Ignal Semmelweis discovered that the absence of health provider handwashing practices prior to delivery increased the maternal mortality rate in his maternity clinic by 5 times when compared to deliveries where providers washed their hands before delivery. The interesting story surrounding his discovery and the subsequent refusal...
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About 3 million babies are born in Ethiopia each year, nearly 80 percent of them at home. The 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey reports that newborn mortality rate is 37 per 1,000 live births – a rate that has stayed steady over the past 5–10 years; and newborn mortality...
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Celebrating NeoNatalie, and the role she has played in helping save lives We are proud to announce that the 100,000th NeoNatalie has been born! She has helped train health workers across the globe, from the labor rooms of Haydom Hospital in Tanzania to the skills labs in India. We are...
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Strengthening the union level health facilities could be key to achieving the country’s ambitious targets related to curbing maternal and newborn mortality rates. The participants of a national meeting held on August 17th , 2016 suggested that the upcoming Health Nutrition Population Sector Program due to come into effect in...
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By Stephen Hodgins, MD Senior technical advisor, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children Breastfeeding and thermal care are particularly potent determinants of newborn survival. Yet both have received disproportionately little program attention. Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program has published a pair of evidence briefs on early initiation of breastfeeding...
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