My #BornTooSoon Story – Abhishek and Koresh Gurung
This story is part of the My #BornTooSoon Story Blog Series, you can read the rest of the blogs here. It was originally published here. (more…)
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This story is part of the My #BornTooSoon Story Blog Series, you can read the rest of the blogs here. It was originally published here. (more…)
Read MoreThis blog was originally published by MAMI Global Network on ENNOnline. The recently launched Lancet Small Vulnerable Newborns (SVN) Series comprised three hearty papers of evidence and analyses and a call for action to prevent babies being born dead, too early and too small. Figuring out the care of these ‘wee’ babies and their mothers...
Read MoreOriginally published on BJOG: Vulnerable Newborns: multi-country analyses to advance measurement related to preterm births and small-for-gestational age: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (wiley.com) Written by: Prof. Aris Papageorghiou Each year an estimated 1.9 million babies are stillborn after 28 weeks gestation, while 2.3 million live-born infants...
Read MorePhoto caption: Stable, at-risk babies receiving required care including KMC in a room adjacent to the postnatal ward labelled as the “Small Baby Ward” at the Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. (Photo, courtesy, Dr. Sushma Nangia, Director Professor & Head Neonatology, Lady Hardinge Medical College,...
Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) launched its new guidelines for care of preterm or low-birth-weight (LBW) newborns on November 17, 2022 - World Prematurity Day. These recommendations follow a two-year process of systematic reviews and grading of evidence by a group of independent experts. A number of recommendations are new,...
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