New Coalition Promotes Investment in Health Workers

Sixteen major non-governmental organizations have launched a new initiative to add one million health care workers in developing countries.

India: Boost in fight against baby deaths – Siliguri gets new unit for free special care for infants

India

A special unit to offer free treatment to newborns with life threatening diseases was launched at Siliguri District Hospital today as part of the Bengal government’s goal to bring down infant mortality in the state.

Kenya: Country Hails Commonwealth Initiative to Enhance Capacity of Midwifery

Kenya

Scaling up of midwifery educators’ training will drastically improve maternal and neonatal health in Sub-Saharan Africa – Kenya Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka

In giving life, women face deadly risks

In Niger, a woman gives birth to an average of nearly eight children. Countries like Uganda, Mali and Somalia are close behind, with an average of six to seven children per woman. With every pregnancy and birth, a woman’s risk of dying increases.

Numbers Aside, India’s Newborns Face Challenges

India

 Usha Kumar’s wails sounded like the cries of a wounded animal, guttural and wrenching, her screams seeping through the corridor of Kasturba Hospital in Delhi, until, finally, mercifully, Ms. Kumar pushed out her baby boy.

Afghanistan midwives tackle world’s highest maternal mortality rate

Afghanistan

A British GP training midwives in Afghanistan has spoken of the daily challenges facing her team as they work to save the lives of mothers and their children in a remote part of the country.

Maternal deaths: Midwives missing in rural areas

Uganda

Uganda is facing challenges in recruiting trained nurses and midwifes in rural areas especially in Bugiri and Kyenjojo districts. Recent statistics from the National Population policy Action Plan indicate that the ratio of midwives to pregnant mothers is 1:5000.

Ugandan Health Ministry To Hire 2000 Nurses

Uganda

The ministry of health is to hire 2000 midwives this financial year in a bid to curb maternal mortality in the country.

Uganda’s Ministry of Health to give women free maternal kits

Uganda

In bid to save the lives of pregnant women in hospitals, the government will next year start giving out free maternal health kits used to enable women give birth safely and hygienically.

India: Overburdened hospitals in Orissa fail to deliver

India

Plan to upgrade PHCs have failed, increasing burden on district hospitals manifold