India: Mobilizing community support key to good maternal and child health
India
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The White Ribbon Alliance is working with World Vision International, Save the Children and many other partners to organise national and district level citizens’ hearings in at least 30 countries in the first half of 2015.
Oral Antibiotics Are Found to Save More Infant Lives
Nigeria, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Kenya
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“These results should provide a sound basis for policy makers and experts to now empower and train staff at first-level outpatient units and to ensure proper drugs and equipment are available,” said Dr. Steve Wall, an adviser to Save the Children.
Bangladesh: Improving newborn survival
Bangladesh
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Implementation of CNCP in Kushtia district has been recently launched in Dhaka by the Directorates of Health Services (DGHS) and Directorates of Family Planning (DGFP) with technical support from Saving Newborn Lives Programme of Save the Children.
Bangladesh: CNCP Launched to Improve Newborn Survival
Bangladesh
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This package will be implemented in Kushtia with technical support from SNL, Save the Children in Bangladesh to measure the strength of implementation so that those interventions could be implemented at scale within the existing government system later on.
WHO called to change infant infection guidelines
Nigeria, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya
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In disadvantaged areas, many children never reach hospital and around 60% of parents refuse hospital treatment for young infants or are unwilling to adhere to treatment regimens of injectable antibiotics.
Uganda: Home visits curb newborn deaths – research
Uganda
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If health workers could visit mothers at home during pregnancy and after birth, it would make a difference in saving the lives of newborn babies in Uganda, new research suggests.
Simplified Antibiotic Treatment Strategy Could Save Thousands of Babies
Nigeria, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Kenya
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Now, new, more accessible drug regimens – combining oral and injectable antibiotics – given in outpatient settings appear to be just as effective as hospital care.
Babies with clinically suspected serious infections can be safely and effectively treated outside hospital
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In light of these findings, WHO guidelines on the management of newborns and young infants with PSBIs should be modified, say the authors.
Simpler Antibiotic Regimen Helps Sick Babies in Developing Nations
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Many parents in developing nations can’t afford, or don’t have access to, such hospital care. Some refuse to take their children to the hospital, or aren’t willing to adhere to the antibiotic injection program, the researchers said.
New Measures Identified for Newborn Care in Uganda
Uganda
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Recent evidence from local researchers in Uganda show that a cost-effective package of care linking families, government-mandated village health teams, and health facilities can improve life-saving practices during pregnancy, childbirth and in the first weeks of life.