Ecuador Takes Position 5 in Neonatal Mortality in Latin America
The toll registered in Ecuador surpassed those of countries such as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Venezuela that do not exceed 1% of newborn deaths.
Obesity link baby deaths ‘worrying’
The number of deaths in newborn babies where the mother is obese is worryingly high, an expert has said.
Ecuador: Investigation Around Newborn Deaths Continues
Recent incidents have called attention to health care practices in neonatal units in Ecuadorian public hospitals, triggering an investigation into newborn deaths in the country.
CMACE Release – Stillbirth And Neonatal Mortality Rates Have Decreased Over The Last Decade Says New Report, UK
Since 2000, stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates in the United Kingdom have shown a downward trend, says the Perinatal Mortality 2009 report, published by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) today.
USAID presents equipment worth 300,000 dollars to health institutions
Ghana
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Included is equipment for helping children and new born babies to breathe, blood pressure apparatus, mini laboratory set for performing aperture surgery for women and other gynaecological examination and surgical kit.
Top 30 medicines to save mothers and children
WHO’s first ever list of priority medicines for maternal and child health recommends to countries which medicines are most important for saving lives.
Dr Abhay Bang: the revolutionary paediatrician
For more than 25 years, Dr Abhay Bang has dedicated his life to reducing infant mortality in the poorest areas of India. But his dazzling results owe little to the orthodoxy of western medicine and everything to his team of neonatally trained rural women.
Uncertainty Over Role for Traditional Birth Attendants
Malawi
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The controversy over allowing traditional birth attendants in Malawi provide women with care continues.
Uganda: Struggle to save women’s lives continues – First Lady
Uganda
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Uganda’s First Lady, Mrs. Museveni, said the Government must take strategic actions to ensure that it prevents women from dying in the process of giving birth.
Hillary Clinton: USAID – Laerdal partnership; a breakthrough in saving more lives at birth
Secretary Clinton makes a call for groundbreaking ideas that can leapfrog existing products and conventional approaches.