Saving Rural Mother’s Lives

Ethiopia

Nigist Abebe has grown in confidence over five years on the job. Today she is one of 34,000 rural health extension workers at the heart of Ethiopia’s primary health care strategy.

LAOS: Midwife training resumes after 20 years

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The first group of 140 students to undergo specialized midwifery training in Laos in 22 years is expected to graduate by the end of December.

UBC/CFRI project receives $7M to reduce maternal, fetal, and newborn deaths

The University of British Columbia researchers working at the Child & Family Research Institute will test new strategies for the monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia.

Group: Baby deaths high in Zimbabwe gov’t housing

Zimbabwe

Learn how the displacement of an estimated 700,000 people in the brutal, allegedly politically driven demolition of slums and market stalls throughout Zimbabwe in 2005 is affecting maternal and newborn health.

New bid to control infant, maternal mortality

Pakistan

Learn about how a new UNICEF-funded programme in four districts of Pakistan will help lower maternal and infant mortality in Punjab.

Mozambique eliminates maternal and neonatal tetanus

Mozambique

Read about how Mozambique has now joined the ranks of 19  other countries that have eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus since 2000.

Newborns’ mortality rate reduced by 23 percent

Pakistan

The USAID-funded PAIMAN Project saved more than 30,000 newborn babies by reducing neonatal mortality by 23 percent through a replicable model of interventions.

Leaders Speak At Partnership for Maternal, Newborn And Child Health Conference

India

Take a look at some of the information has been coming out of the PMNCH Conference in New Delhi.

ASHA Delivers Little Bundles of Hope to New Mothers in India

India

Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) is making a legacy of saving newborn babies from the brink of death in Aligarh District today.

Indonesian ‘Facts for Life’ aims to boost infant, maternal health

Indonesia

The Jakarta Post outlines how the Indonesian government and UNICEF have come together to distribute a guidebook to help improve public awareness of healthy habits and Indonesia’s infant and maternal health indicators.