Rising Rates of Severe and Fatal Sepsis During Labor and Delivery
United States of America
HNN Team
Sepsis is an increasing cause of complications and death among women in developed countries.
Preterm birth woes acute in India: Report
Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
HNN Team
New report from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington highlights India’s deficiencies with preterm birth complications and neonatal sepsis.
Officials of Jhpiego Commend Liberia’s Progress in Fighting Maternal Mortality
Liberia
HNN Team
Jhpiego officials met with President Sirleaf to discuss their organization’s 40th anniversary and their maternal and newborn health programs in Liberia.
Nepal: Where infants die, new mums live
Nepal
HNN Team
The number of neonatal deaths has not seen a decline in the last one decade, which experts said, calls for an urgent revision of the current programmes and policies of the government.
Neonatal infection ‘associated with bacterial infection in the mother’
A new study has revealed that early-onset neonatal infection is associated with the mother.
Ghana: More children die before their first month in the North
Ghana
HNN Team
More than half of infant deaths occur in the first month, in northern Ghana. According to the Ghana demographic health survey, 57,000 children under age 5 die every year. Most of these deaths are not reported in northern Ghana; the major causes of these deaths are infections.
Indian researchers find faster way to detect sepsis in newborns
India
HNN Team
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.
Ghana Health Service moves to reduce newborn deaths
Ghana
HNN Team
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said its new action plan to reduce newborn deaths as part of attempt to reduce under-five mortality, would be an exclusive focus on newborn conditions.
Assessing health of mothers and newborns in the Republic of Moldova
HNN Team
The goal of the assessment was to help the Ministry of Health, key partners and stakeholders to evaluate care provided at Primary Health Care level to women and newborns in a systematic and participatory way.