Baby steps to saving lives
Tanzania, United Republic of
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In rural Tanzania, about one in every 30 premature babies won’t make it past four weeks.However, most of those lives could be saved with simple advice for mothers. And that advice, says an international group of researchers, could start with just a footprint.
More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival
Ethiopia, Indonesia, Somalia, Tanzania, United Republic of
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Retention of midwives, especially in rural areas, is a major challenge for many countries, one that threatens to negate all the hard work and resources invested in their training.
Ghana: Workshop on maternal and newborn health ends in Accra
Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, United Republic of
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“Ultimately we want to save lives and we cannot save mothers and babies by just talking about it.”
Global Fund Results Show Dramatic Gains
Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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In the first half of 2013, the number of pregnant women living with HIV who have received a complete course of ARV therapy to prevent transmission to their unborn children under programs supported by the Global Fund grew from 1.7 to 2.1 million.
Tanzania: Stakeholders Want Budget Allocation to Health Sector Increased
Tanzania, United Republic of
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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.
Global child mortality rates “halved”
Ethiopia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda
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The report indicated that even some of the world’s poorest countries were able to dramatically reduce child mortality rates.
Eastern, southern Africa lead the world in cutting child deaths – Unicef
Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of
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Neonatal deaths – that occur in the first 28 days of life – are the hardest to tackle. These vulnerable newborns accounted for 44 per cent of under-five deaths in 2012, according to the Unicef report.
MamaNatalie Birth Simulator Provides ‘Realistic And Affordable Training In Maternal And Newborn Care’
Tanzania, United Republic of
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The Helping Babies Breathe training program in Tanzania has been using MamaNatalie since 2010, and has reduced newborn deaths linked to asphyxia by 47 percent, ABC News reported.
AMREF to train 3,800 midwives
Tanzania, United Republic of
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What we need to do more is to upgrade the skills of at least 2,800 existing health workers using e-learning and an additional 1,000 nurses and midwives through pre-service training by 2015,” said Amref Tanzania Country Director, Dr Festus Ilako.
Ending infant mortality worldwide requires that birth attendants address birth asphyxia
Tanzania, United Republic of, Kenya
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The ICM meeting dedicated a core session to HBB, including providing attendees hands-on HBB introductory training and a related symposium that debated why little progress has been made in combating infant mortality in Africa.