Bangladesh: CNCP Launched to Improve Newborn Survival

Bangladesh HNN Team

This package will be implemented in Kushtia with technical support from SNL, Save the Children in Bangladesh to measure the strength of implementation so that those interventions could be implemented at scale within the existing government system later on.

How Far With Nigeria’s Call to Action On Newborn Health?

Nigeria HNN Team

New op-ed by Dr. Aminu Magashi highlights the policies guiding maternal and newborn health in Nigeria.

Bill Gates Will Try To Save 2 Million Children From Dying This Year — Here’s How

HNN Team

Bill and Melinda Gates argue — and research backs them up — that the world could save about 2 million newborns every year through a variety of low-cost interventions.

Nepal: Born too soon

Nepal HNN Team

The prevailing fatalistic attitude that exists in Nepal also reflects people’s acceptance that many babies are born to inevitably die.

One group fights to save the lives of thousands of newborns

Nepal HNN Team

An ongoing campaign in Nepal to cut down on the number of newborn deaths is being carried out by thousands of volunteers, aided by the U.S. Development Agency (USAID).

The army of housewives saving Nepal’s newborns

Nepal HNN Team

Volunteers persuade women to use a basic antiseptic gel which they distribute free of charge under an initiative launched three years ago with funding from the US development agency USAID.

Premature birth: leading cause of death for children under 5

Bangladesh HNN Team

In Bangladesh many infants are born at home and deliveries are often conducted by unskilled birth attendants and care provided during labour, delivery and the immediate postnatal periods are often unhygienic or include harmful practices.

First estimates of newborns requiring treatment for bacterial infection show 7 million cases

HNN Team

Nearly seven million babies in the first month of life (neonates) required treatment for severe bacterial infection in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America in 2012.

Saving 3 Million Babies is Easier Than You Think

HNN Team

“I don’t mean theoretically preventable under ideal but unrealistic circumstances. I mean preventable with relatively simple, relatively inexpensive interventions.”

Melinda Gates Works to Curb Newborn Deaths

Nigeria, Senegal HNN Team

Inexpensive, Low-Tech Solutions Urged, Such as Breast-Feeding, ‘Kangaroo Care’.