Comment: Superfood for Babies
South Africa
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It’s World Breastfeeding Week and government and Save the Children have joined forces to promote breastfeeding to save children’s lives.
South Africa: Zuma says fewer children born with HIV
South Africa
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Reports indicate that fewer South African children are being born HIV-positive, according to President Jacob Zuma.
Remarks by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice At USAID’s Saving Lives at Birth Event
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We need to harness our power for progress and put it to work improving the lives of people around the world. That’s the spirit the Obama Administration has brought to all of our development work.
Women need accurate information, support to promote breastfeeding, says UN agency
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"In many cases, women are discouraged from doing so (breastfeeding), and are misled to believe that they are giving their children a better start in life by buying commercial substitutes.”
Tanzania: Breastfeed newborns with colostrum, mothers urged
Tanzania, United Republic of
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Prisca Mwenda, a resident of Tchenzema Village in Mvomero district urged expectant mothers to shun myths that colostrum was unsafe for babies’ growth.
Mobile health service reaches 100,000 subscribers across Bangladesh
Bangladesh
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A global partnership of donors that aims at providing mobile phone aided health service this month reached 100,000 subscribers across Bangladesh under a program called Aponjon.
Mobiles beep health messages to women in India’s villages
India
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Harnessing technology to access areas previously untouched by the national healthcare system, mobiles are being used increasingly to send important health messages.
Links Tighten Between IQ, Breastfeeding
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Breastfeeding longer can make children smarter. That’s the conclusion of a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association.
Indian researchers find faster way to detect sepsis in newborns
India
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Researchers at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital’s department of haematology have devised the method which will bring down the sepsis detection timing from 24-72 hours to just two hours.
