DR Congo toughest place for mothers – Save the Children

Nigeria, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, India, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Central African Republic, United States of America HNN Team

The charity compared factors such as maternal health, child mortality, education and income in 176 countries. 

India: Baby warmers help newborns at ICH

India HNN Team

Prolonged hypothermia, say for two hours, during surgery, could delay recovery of the newborn. 

Grand Challenges: Innovative ideas for saving lives get a leg up

Pakistan HNN Team

Grand Challenges Canada announced $10.9 million in seed money to that will part go to help combat newborn infections and prematurity.

Uganda: More than 100 babies die daily, study shows

Uganda HNN Team

The programme specialist in-charge of the Saving Newborn Lives project at Save the Children, Mr Patrick Aliganyira, said 35 per cent of the deaths are a result of babies being born prematurely. 

Educating Mothers to End South Africa’s Newborn Deaths

Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa HNN Team

Despite remarkable changes in the levels of understanding of newborn mortality and prevention methods, newborns continue to die and now account for more than 40 percent of all under five deaths. 

Health Experts Attend Global Conference on Infant Mortality

South Africa HNN Team

Medical and aid officials gathered in Johannesburg this week for the conference dedicated to developing strategies to save more newborns.  

Health systems failing newborns

Afghanistan HNN Team

Stella Abwao of MCHIP, shared details of a survey in several African countries, which found that there was poor healthworker knowledge of newborn care and management of complications.

Experts seek ramped up action to save newborn lives

Nigeria HNN Team

"The answer is pretty simple. We’re not taking full advantage of the promising interventions we have at our disposal," Gary Darmstadt told the conference.

Global Conference Stresses Urgent Need to Prioritize the Health of Newborns

South Africa HNN Team

Leading newborn health experts and government officials are convening this week to address newborn mortality and galvanize the global community to action. 

UN-backed global health conference seeks to save millions of newborns each year

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Representatives from 50 countries are participating in the four-day conference which will focus on scaling up low-cost, high-impact interventions that address the three major causes of newborn mortality: prematurity, birth asphyxia and infection.