Ending Newborn Deaths: Ensuring Every Baby Survives
Save the Children is calling on world leaders, philanthropists and the private sector to meet and commit to the Five Point Newborn Promise in 2014.
Health workers trained to combat maternal and infant deaths
The education minister Jessica Alupo has lauded the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examination Board for channeling out 3412 health workers to deliver health services in the country and abroad.
UN Special Envoy for Malaria Notes Seven African Countries Lead the Continent in Malaria Control, According to the African Leaders Malaria Alliance
“Our people and our communities are counting on us to continue to scale proven interventions to insure that no African loses their livelihood or life to this ancient disease.”
Is $17.5bn incentive enough for more mothers to breastfeed?
Despite all the evidence for the benefits of breastfeeding, global rates have scarcely increased in 20 years. Could significant investment help buck the trend?
Turning the Tide on HIV, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Kenya
This support will build on on-going efforts by the Government of Kenya and other partners to increase access to lifesaving high impact interventions to promote the survival of our mothers and children.
Nepal: Birthing antiseptic wins USAID innovation prize
The prize recognizes excellence in the use of science, technology and innovation to solve developmental challenges.
Ministry Of Health Declares 2014 Year Of Action Against Infant And Maternal Deaths
Pregnant women will have access to scanning machines to detect any abnormality that could lead to complications during birth.
Pakistan: Plan to achieve MDGs for maternal, neonatal healthcare
Awareness regarding nutritional needs for the mother and child during and after pregnancy is poor in the general population.
Nigeria: Six states get $6.2m to fight child mortality
The intervention was a demonstration of government and development partners’ commitment to scale up access to life-saving commodities that are necessary “to accelerate reductions in maternal, neonatal and child mortality and morbidity”.
JSI’s TSHIP project continues groundbreaking CHX and misoprostol work in Nigeria
On December 5, 2013, the governor of Nigeria’s Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, personally launched the state’s first misoprostol and chlorhexidine (CHX) program.