Monitoring & evaluation
All Countries
HNN Team
Globally child mortality has almost halved in a generation, and we see breakthroughs even in the poorest countries. While the highest burden countries have made progress, many remain far from universal coverage for most essential interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition. In January, the Countdown to 2030...
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HNN Team
This article is a cross post from MCSP. Sofala Province, Mozambique – It was midafternoon when 21-year-old Rosita Filipe arrived at Muxungué Rural Hospital. Pregnant for the first time, her obstructed labor had ceased to progress at Muligue Health Facility, nearly 30 miles away. She was transferred to the hospital...
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HNN Team
This piece was originally published on MamaYe. 2.6 million babies worldwide are stillborn each year. The majority of these deaths are preventable. Reducing stillbirths presents a solid case for economic investment with as much as a 10 to 25 times return on investment in economic and social benefits. Yet this...
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HNN Team
A summary of a global discussion on CHIFA : Part 1 We recently held the first in a series of three online thematic discussions surrounding newborn care, hosted by CHIFA; please see our introduction article here for more information. Part 1 of this global conversation sought to develop a collective...
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Photo: A Bangladeshi mother caring for her infant A heavily pregnant woman, Tasnim, from a small town in the southwestern part of Bangladesh arrived at a district hospital only to find out that she needed to share a bed with another delivering woman. As with expecting mothers everywhere, Tasnim only hoped...
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