Save the Children Receives Funding to Help Save More Newborn Lives
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Since 2000, Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program has worked with governments and partners to develop and support the adoption of affordable and effective ways to improve newborn health and survival.
Uganda: Pregnant Women Urged to Attend Antenatal Care to Avert Preterm Births
Uganda
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World Prematurity Day event at Mulago Nursing School highlights government commitment to combatting preterm birth in Uganda.
World Prematurity Day highlights effective, low-cost care
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Preterm birth is the world’s largest killer of newborn babies, causing more than 1million deaths each year. 75% could be saved without expensive, high technology care.
‘Too little known’ on early birth
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Experts warn more research is needed to find out how to reduce the number of babies born early.
Premature birth rate continues to rise in Uganda
Uganda
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According to Dr. Jessica Nsumba, the assistant commissioner for child health in the Ministry of Health, Uganda is ranked 13th out of 184 countries with the highest number of babies born prematurely.??
New Partnership Brings Key Leaders in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Together to Improve Quality of Care in Low-Income Countries
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Survive and Thrive launched to improve survival rates for women and children around the world.
75% of deaths of premature babies are preventable, says report
Major study reveals one in 10 babies are born pre-term, but deaths can be avoided with better availability of inexpensive treatments.
Malawi: Project reduces maternal deaths
Malawi
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Community Based Maternal Neonatal Care Programme has reduced maternal and neonatal deaths in Dowa, Malawi implementers of the project said.
In giving life, women face deadly risks
In Niger, a woman gives birth to an average of nearly eight children. Countries like Uganda, Mali and Somalia are close behind, with an average of six to seven children per woman. With every pregnancy and birth, a woman’s risk of dying increases.
“Helping Babies Breathe” Awarded USAID’s Excellence Award
USAID’s 2011 Global Development Alliance Excellence Award presented to “Helping Babies Breathe (HBB)