Educate Mothers on Newborn Health Care

Ghana

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.

Increase in multiple births continued last year

 In a report published today, it said that there were 4,036 births last year, down from 4,180 in the previous year. Of these, 4,018 (99.6%) were live births while 18 were stillbirths. In 2009 there were 4,180 births including 4,152 live (99.3%) births.

‘The grief is all engulfing’: Each day in Britain, 17 babies are stillborn – why is the toll so high?

 Britain has one of the very worst incidences of stillbirths of all developed countries. Ranking 32nd out of 35 countries, with a rate of 3.5 deaths per 1,000 births. 

Global reductions in newborn and maternal deaths remain low

 While substantial progress has been made, deaths of millions of children and mothers during childbirth have been largely overlooked.

Mothers supporting mothers

Indonesia

Fourteen years ago, my mother’s group gave me the information and support I needed to nourish my baby naturally and to trust my instincts as a mother. I felt so honored to once again be part of such an empowering circle of women.

The other side of Mumbai

India

In India’s financial capital, almost 25,000 children under five die every year due to malnutrition and related illnesses. Whatever happened to the National Urban Health Mission?

US donates USD 320,000 equipment for pregnant women

Tanzania, United Republic of

The Jhpiego-led, USAID funded Mothers and Infants, Safe, Healthy and Alive (MAISHA) programme has handed over medical equipment to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to benefit pregnant women.

Laboring conditions improving in Tibet

China

In Tibet, more and more women came to give their childbirth at hospital thanks to a new policy offering free treatment for to-be mothers in farming and pastoral areas. Pregnancy check-up and baby delivery is free of charge in county-level hospitals in Tibet.

Breast-Feeding Can Be Worth HIV Risks In Developing World

In developing countries HIV-positive mothers are encouraged to exclusively breast-feed their infants for the first six months.

Nigeria: Reducing Country’s Soaring Newborn Deaths

Nigeria

Helping Babies Breathe in Nigeria