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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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UNICEF, World Health Organization, UNFPA, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, BMGF and USAID convened a joint workshop in Kathmandu. Eighty participants from 12 countries met to discuss how data systems can be improved to help end preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
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The days and weeks that follow birth are also vitally important. Home visitation has been proposed as a way to achieve better outcomes during the postnatal period.
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Originally published on Devex. By Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Robert Clay. The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is contributing to severe health service delivery challenges: It impedes access to already highly vulnerable populations, slows delivery of medical supplies and drugs, and exacerbates shortages of health workers. Those fleeing the violence are also affected....
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Reposted from the USAID Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) blog Of all the public health problems we face, why focus on clean clinics? The answers are simple. Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) conditions and practices discourage people from seeking care at health facilities. This includes pregnant women, who...
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