United States’s $ 55 million program promotes healthy mothers and newborns in six Indonesian provinces

Indonesia

The initiative is part of the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, a commitment by US President Barack Obama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to increase cooperation between the United States and Indonesia.

Workshop For Midwives, TBAs Held In Accra

Ghana HNN Team

Participants were taken through some topics such as the role of midwives in assisting safe pregnancy, delivery and post delivery care for improved maternal healthcare outcomes.

Rewarding the Heroic Work of Midwives in Afghanistan

Afghanistan HNN Team

In mid-December, Maliha walked for five days to reach Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan, to receive her award as best midwife in the province. She felt proud as she went onstage to be honoured for her work in her community health clinic.

Day of Birth Alliance Focuses on Saving Lives of Mothers, Newborns With New Tools, Technologies for Health Care Workers

HNN Team

It’s a daunting challenge, but the founding partners of Day of Birth Alliance say helping frontline health workers provide integrated care for mothers and babies during labor, at birth and after can make the difference.

Braving Birth: Zambian women forced to deliver at home

Zambia HNN Team

Giving birth in a safe environment assisted by a skilled health worker is still a luxury many Zambian women have to do without. And delivery at home can have deadly consequences.

Ghana unlikely to achieve MDG on maternal and infant mortality by 2015

Ghana HNN Team

Despite significant reduction in maternal, infant and under five mortality rates in Ghana, it is unlikely that the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets could be met.

Fewer Babies Die, but Many Suffer Long-Term Health Problems

 A new analysis published by The Lancet found that babies who were pre-term, delivered to mothers with infectious diseases, or had other complications had a 39 percent chance of having at least one type of cognitive or physical impairment.

New Coalition Promotes Investment in Health Workers

Sixteen major non-governmental organizations have launched a new initiative to add one million health care workers in developing countries.

New Clues Revealed in Studies of Stillbirth

In two new studies, researchers have pinpointed the most common causes of stillbirths and have found that known risk factors explain just a small minority of cases.

INDIA: Infant mortality down in state

India

A drop in infant mortality can be attributed in part to a reduction in neonatal mortality rate.