Preterm Birth/Low Birth Weight Global Technical Working Group on Implementation Challenges and Solutions: Family Member Engagement During Inpatient Newborn Care

On June 13, 2018, the USAID-funded Every Preemie—SCALE project convened the fifth meeting of the PTB/LBW Global Technical Working Group on Implementation Challenges and Solutions (PTB TWG-ICS). This meeting focused on family member engagement during inpatient newborn care and included presentations and participation from a wide range of clinical and...

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August 9, 2018

In One of the Most Deadly Places to be Born, Pakistani Mothers Learn Safe Cord Care

Ram Bai, 27, is a mother of five from southeast Pakistan. Although she delivered her children safely, she nearly lost one child to an umbilical cord infection – an infection that could have been prevented. Life in Yousfani Farm, where she lives and farms with her children and husband, Kirshan,...

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August 1, 2018

Working with Government Systems to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Urban Informal Settlements of India

In urban Maharashtra, a highly industrialized state in India, exclusive breastfeeding rates are low, around 50%. Increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding is an effective strategy for preventing diarrhea, a leading cause of poor nutritional status and death among infants. Researchers at the Mumbai-based non-profit Society for Nutrition, Education & Health...

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July 31, 2018

What kangaroos can teach us about saving lives

In this blog from The Gates Notes, Bill Gates discusses the importance of kangaroo mother care in the safety and health of newborns.

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July 30, 2018

Why public health practitioners need to learn the art of scale-up: The case of chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care

In some parts of the world, an unacceptably high proportion of babies do not survive to 28 days of life due to severe infections that can be prevented through better management of the umbilical cord. Multiple studies have shown that applying the antiseptic chlorhexidine to the umbilical stump shortly after...

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Preterm Birth/Low Birth Weight Global Technical Working Group on Implementation Challenges and Solutions: Family Member Engagement During Inpatient Newborn Care

In One of the Most Deadly Places to be Born, Pakistani Mothers Learn Safe Cord Care

Working with Government Systems to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Urban Informal Settlements of India

What kangaroos can teach us about saving lives

Why public health practitioners need to learn the art of scale-up: The case of chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care