Madhya Pradesh gets national award for newborn care arrangements
In recent years, Madhya Pradesh has initiated a number of measures for improving newborn and maternal health indices.
Nigeria: Abia scale up PMTCT services
The state government will increase the number of health facilities offering PMTCT service from the current 43 to 342 centers.
Uganda: Better funding of health sector to save newborns
For Uganda to achieve the MDGs, Save the Children recommended that Uganda should uphold the Abuja Declaration where it committed to spend up to 15% of its national budget on the health sector.
Behind a Healthy Woman, there’s Girls and Men
What do "husband schools" have to do with saving women’s lives?
Africa: Let’s Make the Next 50 Years Even Better for Children in Africa
This week, African leaders will gather in Ethiopia to celebrate 50 years since the formation of the Organisation of African Unity – now known simply as the African Union.
Africa: It’s Time to do Another “Easy” Thing: Newborn Health Care
The conference is focused on newborns, but our panoramic view involves partnerships across many sectors. As the proverb goes, a bundle of sticks is not easily broken. To raise the profile of newborn survival, we need a strong bundle of sticks.
Nigerian maternal and newborn care to receive World Bank funding
The results-based grant will be used in Ondo, Adamawa and Nasarawa states to help address maternal and newborn health, immunisations and control communicable diseases.
Rwanda: Health Centres to Get Kangaroo Mothercare System
After a successful rollout of the Kangaroo mothercare system in all 27 district hospitals in the country, officials are now targeting health centres countrywide.
A Grand Challenges Grant Opportunity: Reducing the Burden of Preterm Birth
This partnership builds on Brazil’s strong and widely-recognized commitment to health equity, its extensive health system, and its robust research networks and manufacturing capabilities.
High-level Conference Launch Global Campaign Report in Norway: Accelerating Progress in saving the lives of women and children
The conference brought together prominent politicians and experts to see how we can build on the current momentum to set ambitious and achievable targets for global health in 2013 and beyond.