Nurse wins global award for efforts in saving newborns

Kenya HNN Team

“When I was a young girl, I dreamed of becoming a nurse to help mothers and newborns. The dream came to pass.”

Tanzania: Stakeholders Want Budget Allocation to Health Sector Increased

Tanzania, United Republic of HNN Team

Child Health Now says that the neonatal mortality rate in Tanzania had been reduced from 32 in 2004 to 26 deaths per 1000 live births by 2010.

Ethiopia achieves development target on reducing child mortality

Ethiopia HNN Team

Ethiopia, a low-income country in the drought prone Horn of Africa, has achieved the millennium development goal to cut the mortality rate for children under the age of five ahead of the 2015 deadline, according to figures published on Friday.

Global child mortality rates “halved”

Ethiopia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda HNN Team

The report indicated that even some of the world’s poorest countries were able to dramatically reduce child mortality rates.

Child deaths down by half since 1990

Nigeria, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, India, Pakistan HNN Team

‘Care for mother and baby in the first 24 hours of any child’s life is critical for the health and well being of both,’ said Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General at WHO. ‘Up to half of all newborn deaths occur within the first day.’

Pakistani nurse wins laurels

Malawi, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

Bardai is the Head Nurse of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the AKUH and has been striving to reduce the newborn deaths during her ten years working there.

India: Human milk bank inaugurated

India HNN Team

Extremely preterm and low birth weight babies can benefit from new Pune facility.

Pakistan: AKU neonatal ICU head nurse wins global award

Malawi, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

Bardai, the first Pakistani nurse to win the coveted award, shared the honour with Kenyan nurse Christine Sammy, while Netsayi Gowero, a nurse from Malawi, was the runner-up.

Pakistan: Honouring the nation

Malawi, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

Aga Khan University Hospital nurse Anila Ali Bardai wins global award for excellence in neonatal nursing.

Good Morning Ulster: Neonatal Nursing Winners Interviewed

Malawi, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

BBC radio show interviews two award-winning neonatal nurses from Kenya and Pakistan to discuss the state of newborn health in their countries and ways in which they are working to reduce newborn mortality.