Getting a Bigger Bang for Our Global Health Bucks With Frontline Workers | Commentary

Ethiopia, Indonesia, United States of America HNN Team

Americans should feel proud of the incredible global health advances the United States has led. But we can do even more with our modest but impactful global health investments. 

Newborns, children’s nutrition still neglected: Experts

Indonesia HNN Team

Newborns and infant nutrition are among issues that need more focus beyond the 2015 target for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), public health experts have said.

Sharp fall in breastfeeding figures makes Asia Pacific “biggest cause for concern” – report

Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam HNN Team

But countries such as India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam “have made no progress on improving exclusive breastfeeding, despite having some of the highest burdens of child mortality,” said the report.    

Baby health crisis in Indonesia as formula companies push products

Indonesia HNN Team

Indonesia’s child mortality rates, at 35 per 1,000, are high anyway, but in the lowest wealth quintile, mortality is nearly five times higher than in the wealthiest.

Indonesia struggles with too many premature births

Indonesia HNN Team

A recent multi-agency report ranked Indonesia among 10 countries worldwide with the highest number of pre-term births.

United States’s $ 55 million program promotes healthy mothers and newborns in six Indonesian provinces

Indonesia

The initiative is part of the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, a commitment by US President Barack Obama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to increase cooperation between the United States and Indonesia.

‘Mother Robin’ wins CNN Hero of the Year

Indonesia

Robin Lim awarded CNN Hero of the Year 2011

Indonesia’s infant mortality rate still high: UNICEF

Indonesia

UNICEF representative for Indonesia says Indonesia’s infant mortality rate is still high although it showed a downward trend in the past few years.

Mothers supporting mothers

Indonesia

Fourteen years ago, my mother’s group gave me the information and support I needed to nourish my baby naturally and to trust my instincts as a mother. I felt so honored to once again be part of such an empowering circle of women.

Iron supplements can reduce infant mortality: study

Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia

Read about a recent study that investigated the effects of iron supplements on neonatal mortality in developing countries.