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Nepal
HNN Team
Last month, when the World Health Assembly met in Geneva, health ministers from around the world took the historic step of making maternal and newborn health and stillbirths a top global health priority.
Read MoreThe World Health Organization recommends women in developing countries have four or more antenatal visits and to initiate such care within the first trimester of pregnancy.
Read MoreEach year in Nigeria, more than 240,000 babies die in their first month of life, accounting for more than a quarter of all under-five deaths.
Read MoreResearch on how to promote handwashing to new mothers, and the effects of such promotion, are underway.
Read MoreNew analyses suggest that the presence and density of women’s groups, relative to the overall population in poor regions of the world, is a key determinant of whether or not the number of newborns who die decreases.
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