Low-tech pregnancy device might help birth attendants reduce maternal mortality
Washington Post Staff Writer, David Brown, describes the new simulators with great potential to save mothers and newborns worldwide.
Makerere takes child mortality fight to the east
Even after recording a number of deaths at childbirth, the Ugandan government has not done much to address the issue. Now Makerere University School of Public Health is undertaking a survey in Iganga and Mayuge districts to find possible ways of averting the deaths, writes Zahra Abigaba.
International Helping Babies Breathe course teaches newborn resuscitation
It’s been called the most dangerous minute of the most dangerous day of a person’s life. For 829,000 babies each year, it’s the beginning of the end.
American Academy of Pediatrics launches new global initiative: Helping Babies Breathe
When a baby is born and is not breathing, simple techniques like rubbing the baby dry, keeping the baby warm, and suctioning the baby’s mouth may be all that is needed to save a life.
Al Jazeera News: Indonesia battles maternal deaths
Watch this news report on maternal and infant mortality in Indonesia, featuring expert commentary by Save the Children
Yemen: Making Pregnancy a Choice, Not a Risk
Most of those living in Lahej are poor and illiterate, and experience death as often as they bring new life into this world.
Save the Children Featured in BBC World “Invisible Lives” Documentary
Save the Children’s Newborn Health Expert, Dr. Joy Lawn, Examines How Nepal and Malawi Make Gains in Saving Newborn Lives; Film Airing on January 26-29
Guinea-Bissau: Hospital births on rise
More women in Guinea-Bissau are shunning traditional birthing attendants and choosing to give birth in hospitals, say doctors and aid officials…
Stopping a silent tragedy: reducing neonatal deaths in the Philippines
This article concerns the neonatal mortality rate in the Philippines and the practices, including Kangaroo Mother Care, being implemented to lower it.