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A Social and Behavior Change Communication Campaign shifts community perception of newborn life in Malawi. By Victoria Lwesha, Senior MCHN Technical Advisor at Save the Children Malawi Featured image: Group Village Headman Saiti from Traditional Authority Chikweo Machinga delivers key messages on newborn life at a community campaign event A...
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Photo: Chrissy Antonio holds her premature twins in the KMC position. Born less than 1500 grams each, the babies were released from the unit five days after delivery. Before coming to Malawi I would never have guessed I would become an advocate for babies. For most of my life, I...
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As part of our advocacy for global scale-up of KMC, Save the Children is bringing the KMC Challenge to global conferences and events. During World Prematurity Day 2016 Save the Children offices in Washington, DC, and Malawi took the KMC Challenge. Check out some of the experiences and testimonials from...
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Although many premature newborns in high-income countries receive respiratory support in the form of bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) therapy, the majority of newborns in low-resource settings do not have access to such therapy. Over the past six years, Hadleigh Health Technologies LLC has designed, developed, and is now...
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Malawi joined the rest of the world in commencing the commemoration of World Breastfeeding Week on Monday, August 1, 2016. The event, held under the theme “breast feeding: a key to sustainable development,” took place at a school ground in the central district of Ntchisi. Addressing attendees, Minister of Health...
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