Maternal deaths: Midwives missing in rural areas

Uganda

Uganda is facing challenges in recruiting trained nurses and midwifes in rural areas especially in Bugiri and Kyenjojo districts. Recent statistics from the National Population policy Action Plan indicate that the ratio of midwives to pregnant mothers is 1:5000.

Medicine prepared by AIIMS can prevent neonatal deaths

India

 The AII-India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) has prepared a medicine that can prevent thousands of neonatal deaths in India due to infant respiratory distress syndrome.

Indonesia’s infant mortality rate still high: UNICEF

Indonesia

UNICEF representative for Indonesia says Indonesia’s infant mortality rate is still high although it showed a downward trend in the past few years.

Ugandan Health Ministry To Hire 2000 Nurses

Uganda

The ministry of health is to hire 2000 midwives this financial year in a bid to curb maternal mortality in the country.

Uganda’s Ministry of Health to give women free maternal kits

Uganda

In bid to save the lives of pregnant women in hospitals, the government will next year start giving out free maternal health kits used to enable women give birth safely and hygienically.

Safe Birth Kits to Reduce Infant Mortality

When babies are delivered in unsanitary conditions without proper care, terrible things can happen to an otherwise healthy child.

Maternal and Infant health receives governments support, says Report

A new report released this week by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) indicates that both low and middle income countries have fulfilled financial and political commitment to improve health of women and children.

Analysing the Commitments to Advance the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health

Massive Push to Improve the Health of Women and Children: Tens of billions have been committed from both rich and poor countries

Uneven Results in Bid to Halt Needless Mother and Child Deaths

Political, private sector and civil society leaders from around the world gathered here on Tuesday to recommit to a year-old initiative, Every Woman Every Child, which aims to prevent 16 million maternal and child deaths by 2015.

12 000 fewer children perish daily in 2010 than in 1990 – UNICEF, WHO

The number of children under five years of age dying each year declined from more than 12 million in 1990 to 7.6 million in 2010, UNICEF and WHO said today, releasing the latest estimates on worldwide child mortality.