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Submitted by

Susan

June 24, 2013

Helping Mothers to Improve the Health of Newborns

Giving women Antenatal Corticosteroids (ACS) has been identified as a highly effective intervention to improve newborn outcomes.

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Submitted by

Nancy

December 18, 2012

Midwives Are the Pillars of the Afghan Health System

Average use of prenatal care has climbed to nearly 40 percent in provinces with midwifery school graduates, compared to 26 percent in provinces that lack such. graduates.

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HNN Team

March 30, 2012

Photo of the Week: A Midwife Dedicated to Saving Lives in Afghanistan

"I was motivated to become a midwife because Qarqen is a remote village with a very dusty and bad road that is why no midwife wants to go there. I noticed that the newborns and mothers mortality is very high and that people needed us."

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Submitted by

burgess

February 13, 2012

The power to prevent tragedies

 Gary Darmstadt responds to a recent NY Times article, discussing the power of skin-to-skin contact to save newborn lives.

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Submitted by

HNN Team

December 24, 2011

Photo of the Week: Childbirth Care in Afghanistan

The following post is part of our ongoing series highlighting photography of maternal and newborn health interventions around the world.

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