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Monday the 27th of July was a day to celebrate in Malawi as the guest of honor, Minister of Health Dr. Jean Kalirani announced the Launch of the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP); Child Health Strategy; the Malawi Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival case study results; ...
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In June 2016, the USAID-funded Every Preemie—SCALE project, a consortium of Project Concern International (PCI), Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) and American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), finalized and launched Antenatal Corticosteroids for Women at Risk of Imminent Preterm Birth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,...
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The Chlorhexidine Working Group (CWG), part of the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children Newborn Technical Resource Team, and led by PATH, convened a meeting of 34 ministry of health officials, donors and implementing partners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 15 and 16 to discuss...
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Originally published on The Daily Times Malawi. At least 371 babies born between January 2014 and February 2016 from HIV positive mothers in three Traditional Authorities in Mzimba tested HIV negative courtesy of a project called Kalondolondo wa amama. A local non-governmental organisation called Globe Hope Mobilization implemented the project in...
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In 2013, I had the privilege of honoring three nurses with the International Neonatal Nursing Excellence Award at the 8th International Neonatal Nursing Conference. These nurses demonstrated heroic commitment to saving newborns and supporting families despite enormous challenges. Christine Sammy, senior nursing officer in rural Kenya, leads a neonatal intensive...
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