Born On Time: New Canadian-led initiative tackles leading cause of child mortality

Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali HNN Team

World Vision, Plan International Canada, Save the Children, the Government of Canada and Johnson & Johnson…

UNICEF and EU save new-born lives in rural Ethiopia

UNICEF Ethiopia Ethiopia

By Efa Workineh, CBNC Project Officer, Save the Children, Ethiopia; Tadesse Bekele, Regional Programme Manager, Save the Children, Ethiopia; Hailemariam Legesse, Health Specialist, UNICEF Ethiopia;…

Can Ethiopian health extension work in Ugandan context

Ethiopia, Uganda

Can Ethiopian health extension work in Ugandan context

Taking a walk in her shoes: How a midwife exchange program improved maternal health in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Hospital leaders and the Ethiopian Ministry of Health recognized a complicated problem in obstetric care in Addis Ababa. Primary health centers saw few patients and referred many unnecessarily to overcrowded tertiary hospitals. To help fix the problem, they created a midwife exchange program.

Launch of new Countdown case study on RMNCH in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

New 12 page policy brief on entitled “Countdown to a healthier Ethiopia” released in Addis Abba.

Webinar: Helping Babies Breathe catalyzing Helping Babies Survive

Ethiopia, Nigeria, India HNN Team

This webinar will analyze lessons learned from a Global Development Alliance and its future plans.

Countries taking bold steps to end preventable newborn deaths within a generation; framework for ending maternal mortality released

Ethiopia, Nigeria, Chad, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Mali, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe HNN Team

Countries are taking bold steps to end preventable newborn deaths within a generation. Additionally, a framework for ending maternal mortality has been released.

Map: The best (and worst) countries to be a mother

Ethiopia, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, Central African Republic, United States of America HNN Team

On average, one woman in 30 is likely to die from pregnancy-related causes, and seven out of 10 women will lose a child in their lifetime. Despite global improvements in children’s and maternal health, inequality between the world’s richest and poorest mothers and children is widening.

Obgyn training in Sub-Saharan Africa bolstered by new collections shared both online and offline

Ethiopia, Ghana HNN Team

Increasing high quality, obstetric care in Sub-Saharan Africa is critical to achieving the World Health Organization consensus standards to eliminate preventable maternal mortality, and to attaining the goals of the Every Newborn Action Plan.

Del Mar Rotary medical training project improves odds for newborns in Ethiopia

Ethiopia HNN Team

During this first phase of the project, the team trained 17 health care professionals in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar.