Malawi Geared To Train Over 1000 Midwives

Malawi HNN Team

Malawi will boost number of skilled and qualified midwives in health facilities across the country in an effort to encourage more women to give birth there.  

Uganda: Recruit more health workers and provide conducive work environment

Uganda HNN Team

In this opinion piece, the author argues that the recruitment of health workers and the delivery of medicines and health supplies should be given priority in the new Ugandan government’s health budget.  

700 newborns die daily in Nigeria –Save the Children Initiative

Nigeria HNN Team

“To address this problem of shortage of skilled birth attendants at this level, a clear policy on task-shifting and task-sharing in the country should be put in place to guide the different cadres of health care workers."

Vladimir Putin salutes the progress in improving perinatal health

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The new initiative “Every Newborn: an action plan to end preventable deaths” was presented and participants were invited to have an active part in its development.

Newborn medicine trailblazer to work at Toronto’s Sick Kids

Pakistan HNN Team

When Bhutta first launched his career, neonatal pediatrics was barely even a concept in his home country. Today, he is credited as a major force in putting the health of mothers and their babies on the development agenda — not just in Pakistan but across the world. 

Rebuilding Zimbabwe’s Health System

Zimbabwe HNN Team

Zimbabwe’s health sector, once among the best in sub-Saharan Africa, collapsed during the nation’s 2008 economic crisis caused public hospitals to temporarily close down while skilled health workers left the country in droves to pursue better opportunities elsewhere.

Getting a Bigger Bang for Our Global Health Bucks With Frontline Workers | Commentary

Ethiopia, Indonesia, United States of America HNN Team

Americans should feel proud of the incredible global health advances the United States has led. But we can do even more with our modest but impactful global health investments. 

Pakistan: 420,000 children under five die annually

Pakistan HNN Team

The analysis said cause of infant death such as birth asphyxia can be drastically reduced through delivery at a health institution, under the care of medical professionals. 

UNFPA pilots e-learning midwifery education programme in Ghana

Ghana HNN Team

Midwives will soon be using modern innovative technologies to access midwifery education to strengthen their capacity in saving the lives of women during delivery. 

Behind a Healthy Woman, there’s Girls and Men

What do "husband schools" have to do with saving women’s lives?