Recognizing Excellence in Midwifery: Nominate a midwife today!
ICM together with Save the Children would like to identify and reward 2 midwives who have been champions for newborn survival in countries that experience the highest number of newborn deaths. Submit your nominations!
Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development
Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development, was launched today to seek innovative prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in rural, low-resource settings.
Infant mortality; shielding sick newborns way to go
UGANDA: The UNEST approach, if replicated, as soon as yesterday, could move us closer to attaining MDG4. There is a ray of hope already.
UGANDA: Cash crunch delays shift to WHO-recommended PMTCT regimen
A shortage of money means Uganda is unlikely to shift its PMTCT programmes to a more efficient UN World Health Organization (WHO) regimen soon, say government officials.
Baby loss depression ‘lasts years’
The psychological impact of losing an unborn baby can last for several years, a British and US study has found.
Bangladesh: Antenatal care, safe delivery can curb neonatal deaths
Neonatal death can reduce to a great extent by ensuring adequate antenatal care and institutional delivery as the death rate has become a grave concern among the medical personnel and related others.
Liberia: The toughest place to be a midwife?
One in 25 babies delivered in Liberia, West Africa is stillborn or dies within 24 hours, making it one of the toughest places in the world to deliver babies, as a British midwife found.
ZIMBABWE: A helping hand for HIV-positive mothers and babies
The high cost of maternity and health care, the lack of a proper follow-up system, and a limited ability to diagnose HIV infection early in babies means many Zimbabwean children are not being caught by the safety net that the PMTCT programme was intended to provide.
Internet Kiosks Help Reduce Infant Mortality Rates: Study examined women’s use of technology in rural India
Read about a new study conducted by a researcher at the University of Arkansas shows that Internet kiosks providing information on prenatal and postnatal care for mother and baby have helped reduce infant, child, and maternal mortality rates in rural India.
Voices from the Field: Sangeeta Delivers—Helping Indian Women, Infants Survive Childbirth
Training gives confidence to auxiliary nurse midwives, helping reduce maternal and newborn deaths.