Spreading the Care

This blog piece is a follow up to the post "The Human Incubator", published in the New York Times this week.

UN establishes high-level commission to track results and resources for women’s and children’s health

The UN is establishing a high-level commission charged with developing an accountability framework that will link resources committed to women’s and children’s health with the results they are intended to achieve.

The Human Incubator

A New York Times blog piece on the evolution of Kangaroo Mother Care.

Saving Rural Mother’s Lives

Ethiopia

Nigist Abebe has grown in confidence over five years on the job. Today she is one of 34,000 rural health extension workers at the heart of Ethiopia’s primary health care strategy.

Regina Obeng—dedicated to improving newborn health in Ghana

Ghana

When Regina Obeng visited the premature baby unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, in the late 1980s she noticed a disturbing pattern: babies would die within a short time of being admitted.

LAOS: Midwife training resumes after 20 years

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The first group of 140 students to undergo specialized midwifery training in Laos in 22 years is expected to graduate by the end of December.

UBC/CFRI project receives $7M to reduce maternal, fetal, and newborn deaths

The University of British Columbia researchers working at the Child & Family Research Institute will test new strategies for the monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia.

Group: Baby deaths high in Zimbabwe gov’t housing

Zimbabwe

Learn how the displacement of an estimated 700,000 people in the brutal, allegedly politically driven demolition of slums and market stalls throughout Zimbabwe in 2005 is affecting maternal and newborn health.

UNICEF and partners report progress on preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission

Halfway through a 10-year campaign to reverse the spread of AIDS, UNICEF and its partners are making significant progress in preventing mothers from passing the disease onto their children. 

New bid to control infant, maternal mortality

Pakistan

Learn about how a new UNICEF-funded programme in four districts of Pakistan will help lower maternal and infant mortality in Punjab.