Rwanda: Country On Course to Reduce Infant Deaths, But Huge Task Ahead
Rwanda
HNN Team
Considering all the improvements made against both malaria and pneumococcal disease, and the efforts to take better care of new born babies and under five children, Rwanda is on track to meet the 2015 target of reducing the mortality rates to 28 for infants and 50 for under-five children.
Improving the Outlook for Babies in Zanzibar
Three times a day, 27-year-old Omari Ali breaks from his job repairing cars in Amani Freshi, a suburb of Zanzibar City, Zanzibar, and heads to the local health center to care for his newborn twin sons.
Educate Mothers on Newborn Health Care
Ghana
Michael McCusker
Ghana’s First Lady, Mrs. Ernestina Naadu-Mills has urged midwives, community health nurses and other health professionals to educate pregnant and nursing mothers on the provisions of quality newborn healthcare for their babies.
12 health solutions we’d like to see more of in 2011
Read about the great health solutions we need to see more in 2011 – Big ideas that cost little, including Kangaroo Mother Care.
Spreading the Care
This blog piece is a follow up to the post "The Human Incubator", published in the New York Times this week.
Kangaroo Mother Care: Holding Babies Close to Heal
HNN Team
Sometimes a mother’s touch trumps technology. Kate Ogg is one mother who knows that first hand.
New Research Shows ‘Kangaroo Mother Care’ Reduces Newborn Deaths More than 50 Percent
HNN Team
Kangaroo Mother Care is one of the most effective ways to save preterm babies, according to a new meta-analysis released today on the effectiveness of this simple, low-cost intervention in which mothers serve as human incubators for their newborns.
Melinda Gates: Foundation investing more in mothers and newborns
HNN Team
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is boosting its investments in the health of mothers and newborns, which saves lives at a much lower cost than treating diseases later on, Melinda Gates said.
Yemen: Making Pregnancy a Choice, Not a Risk
Yemen
HNN Team
Most of those living in Lahej are poor and illiterate, and experience death as often as they bring new life into this world.