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.
Read MoreMidwives 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
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."
Read MoreThe 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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HNN Team
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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