Global Fund Donors Pledge US$12 Billion

HNN Team

Donors at the launch of the Global Fund’s Fourth Replenishment today pledged US$12.0 billion for the next three years, the largest amount ever committed to fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Pakistan: Workshop underway to deliver MNCH action plan 2013-2015

Pakistan HNN Team

The newborn mortality rate now constitutes more than half of all infant deaths. IMR, MMR and newborn mortality rates are higher than those in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Group asks Nigerian government to honour its health commitment

Nigeria HNN Team

AMHiN is a national coalition of Civil Society Organizations, Media and Professional Bodies committed to promoting accountability and transparency in the health sector.

India: Neonatal ambulances to help reduce IMR in Tamil Nadu

India HNN Team

The ambulances will be equipped with state-of-the-art instruments and staffed with a specially-trained neonatal emergency care physician, one of whom would be on call anytime of the day.

Pakistan: Maternal, neonatal mortality: Low-cost innovations can save lives

Pakistan HNN Team

Most often the best excuse the government advances for the failure is financial constraint, but there are cost-effective innovations and methods that could help save millions of lives.

Ghana Gets Maternal And Newborn Professional Society

Ghana HNN Team

E4A will act as a catalyst for action, using evidence strategically to generate political commitment, strengthening accountability and improving planning and decision making at sub-national and national levels.

How Bangladesh achieved its “amazing” health statistics

Bangladesh HNN Team

In health terms, Bangladesh is a “positive deviant”, performing far better, given its widespread poverty, than anyone could have expected.

New Study by Imaging the World and Philips Demonstrates the Power of Ultrasound Screenings to Transform Maternal and Newborn Care in Rural Uganda

Uganda HNN Team

“Magnet Effect” caused by access to innovative ultrasound technology includes positive clinical trends in antenatal visits and newborn deliveries.

India: Govt scaling up newborn care units for better services

India HNN Team

Scale up of newborn care units is to address monitoring gaps in the quality of services at the facilities.

Govt striving to reduce infant, maternal mortality rate

Pakistan HNN Team

Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Mrs Saira Afzal Tarar said on Tuesday that the government was committed to reduce infant, newborn, and maternal mortality rates in the country.