India: Mother’s touch for newborns
India
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"New technologies are always welcome but one must not forget that for a child, his/her mother is the best incubator."
Iron Supplements May Prevent Anemia During Pregnancy
HNN Team
Anemia during the first or second trimester was associated with a significantly higher risk of low birth weight and preterm birth, according to the study, which was published online June 20 in the journal BMJ.
Introducing the Lancet Global Health
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This month’s issue contains a delightfully diverse selection of research, together with Comments and Correspondence.
Heavier Pregnant Women Tend to Deliver Prematurely
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In large Swedish study, risk rose along with the mother’s weight.
Maternal and child health: Achieving MDGs a distant dream for Pakistan
Pakistan
HNN Team
To reduce under-five mortality rate, there is a need for huge investment in health services for pregnant women and the newborn baby, including the prevention of preterm births and stillbirths and scale-up of effective low-cost interventions, it stated.
New KGH breathing equipment will help premature babies
United States of America
HNN Team
Bubble CPAP — in which bubbling water is involved in generating the pressure — is regarded as especially effective for newborns. It’s noninvasive, with a nasal mask or nasal prongs delivering the warm, moisturized oxygen and air mixtures.
How can kangaroo mother care benefit my newborn?
United States of America
HNN Team
Once parents experience skin to skin, these fears go away once they realize that it’s the most fabulous feeling in the world because they see the baby’s response to it. The baby’s oxygen levels and temperature will improve once he or she is resting on a parent.
Plastic Bags to Keep Premature Babies Warm
Zambia, United States of America
HNN Team
The skin of premature babies is very thin, and water evaporates quickly through it, sometimes leading to life-threatening heat loss, especially in a poor country where heat on neonatal wards can be unsteady.
Research will target Ohio’s early births
United States of America
HNN Team
Universities and hospitals participating in the project will call upon a diverse group of researchers, including those in fields not tapped for this kind of work before: evolutionary biologists, mathematicians, sociologists, psychologists and biomedical engineers.
Uganda: If only parents could see their babies’ first smiles
Uganda
HNN Team
A mother gives a first-person account of the birth of her child and how skilled midwives and low-cost interventions can save many newborn lives in Uganda and around the world.