Mothers in Nigeria participate in biannual event for maternal and child health

Nigeria HNN Team

Mothers in Nigeria participate in a week’s worth of activities that complement routine health services with a package of interventions proven to boost their own health and help their babies survive and thrive.?

Prenatal Care Goes Mobile in Uganda

Uganda HNN Team

In Uganda, three students have invented a smartphone application that can measure the heartbeat of a fetus.

US infant mortality rate drops only a little

United States of America HNN Team

Birth defects and low birth weight were the two leading causes of newborn death, the survey by the National Center for Health Statistics found.

Partnerships at Base of Tanzania’s Maternal Health and Early Child Care Text Messaging Service Successful First Year

Tanzania, United Republic of HNN Team

To date, this service has sent over 21 million messages to pregnant women, mothers with newborn babies (up to 16 weeks) and supporters of women, like this father to be.

Pakistan: Scaling up of public sector emergency services advocated

Pakistan HNN Team

The community-based maternal and newborn health services have the highest scalability potential for rural and remote areas of Pakistan.

Lesotho: Pregnant, positive and on HIV treatment for life

Botswana, Lesotho HNN Team

While Botswana has managed to lower HIV transmission rates from mother to child to as low as 3 percent, Lesotho’s rate remains at an unacceptable 23 percent.

‘Saving Lives at Birth’ funds microneedle vaccine patch project for pregnant women

HNN Team

Seven percent of newborns and 30,000 pregnant women in Sub-Saharan countries are dying each year due to tetanus infections.

Nepal’s ‘health army’ has transformed the lives of people in remote areas

Nepal HNN Team

Volunteers have been transforming the lives of villagers, delivering primary medical care and saving mothers from often certain death.

Nepal: Government announces free ‘newborn package’

Nepal HNN Team

Existing rates of neonatal death caused by hypothermia, pneumonia and other infectious diseases could be checked by warm clothing, health officials said.

New Study by Imaging the World and Philips Demonstrates the Power of Ultrasound Screenings to Transform Maternal and Newborn Care in Rural Uganda

Uganda HNN Team

“Magnet Effect” caused by access to innovative ultrasound technology includes positive clinical trends in antenatal visits and newborn deliveries.