“Is it a boy or a girl?”

By Nonkululeko Shibula, Umzanyana Birth Services, from the Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group. I ran into a neighbor as I entered the elevator, and she unintentionally triggered a breakdown I tried my best to avoid. "Congratulations! Is it a boy or a girl?" she cheerfully asked, not realizing that I had...

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My #BornTooSoon Story – Ainsley Toto

This story is part of the My #BornTooSoon Stories Blog Series, you can read the rest of the blogs here. It was originally published here.  (more…)

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Upcoming Changes at HNN

Since its creation as part of the Saving Newborn Lives program in 2010, the Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) has had one key mission; to bring together global maternal and newborn health professionals and practitioners to advance the newborn agenda by providing a platform for knowledge sharing, including access to a...

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My #BornTooSoon Story Blog Series

Preterm birth is now the leading cause of child deaths, accounting for more than 1 in 5 of all deaths of children occurring before their 5th birthday.  The seminal report, “Born too soon: decade of action on preterm birth”, launched in May 2023, sounds the alarm on this “silent emergency”...

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