More Trained Midwives Urgently Needed to Save Lives

Tanzania, United Republic of HNN Team

Basing on the report, Mr Thorne said that government in collaboration with other partners should ensure all new mothers receive the support of a trained midwife who is provided with basic medicines and equipment.

Pakistan holds highest rate of stillbirths globally

Pakistan HNN Team

“It’s criminal that many of these 200,000 deaths annually in Pakistan could be averted simply by having someone around to make sure the birth takes place safely and knows what to do in a crisis.”

Nepal awarded for saving newborns

Nepal HNN Team

“The scale-up plan, currently being implemented, aims to make chlorhexidine available in over three-fourths of Nepal’s districts by the end of 2015.”

EFCNI Hosts 10th Parents’ Meeting

HNN Team

Harnessing the power of parents, families and communities is one of five strategic objectives of the Every Newborn action plan.

Q&A with Joy Lawn: Kangaroo Mother Care

HNN Team

“We can improve their care. We can do kangaroo mother care and that will save lives today.”

Breastfeeding benefits newborn and mother

United States of America HNN Team

Due to the unique, irreproducible properties of breast milk, breastfed children develop fewer ear, intestinal, and lung infections. Parents miss fewer days of work, and fewer children die from preventable infectious diseases.

Traditional birth attendants prioritise antenatal care

Ghana HNN Team

The Star-Ghana project has an overall goal of increasing access by pregnant women to antenatal, facility-based and postnatal care services in Gushegu, Karaga, Tolon and Sagnerigu districts by 35 per cent.

Studies highlight community-based efforts to improve health of mothers and newborns in Ethiopia

Ethiopia HNN Team

“This special issue provides practitioners with insight into the community-based efforts to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Ethiopia.”

Emergency obstetric care inadequate, says ICDDRB

Bangladesh HNN Team

The study found that because of shortage of skilled health officials, unskilled assistants often checked fetus position, delivered babies, managed newborns’ breathing, cleaning and weighing.

‘What Free Maternal and Child Care Has Done for Us’

Nigeria HNN Team

The provision of free maternal and child care in the Delta State’s hospitals has significantly contributed to the drastic reduction of incidents of maternal and child mortality in the state.