Bangladesh: Deaths of newborn babies a big concern

Bangladesh HNN Team

 83,000 die each year, experts tell The Daily Star-Save the Children roundtable. 

FedEx Helps Save Newborn Lives by Providing Free Shipment of Neonatal Equipment

China

 FedEx visits the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Da Nang Women and Children’s Hospital. 

Newborn Deaths Expose India’s Low Health Budget

India HNN Team

A year after the Indian government began paying pregnant women to deliver their babies in state-run facilities, the pressure is showing on the country’s understaffed and poorly equipped hospitals.

Zulfiqar Bhutta: patriotics and paediatrics

Pakistan HNN Team

“In my heart of hearts I feel very optimistic”, he says. “Even amongst the conflict and the societal fissures, I see the seeds of social change.” There is certainly no doubting Pakistan’s resilience.

India: Online system to soon track maternal and infant deaths

India

The Haryana government will soon have a web-based surveillance system to keep tabs on the maternal deaths and that of infants or yet-to-be born children.

India: GB Pant Hospital Crisis

India HNN Team

Op-Ed – Government needs to upgrade all district hospitals in terms of infrastructure and manpower  

Saving the lives of mothers and newborns in remote areas of Nepal

Nepal

One Heart World-Wide, a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of maternal and neonatal deaths, has been setting up birthing centers in Nepal.

Early life nutrition

HNN Team

For mothers who cannot breastfeed, finding alternatives should be guided by current science-based standards.

India: Exploring Mobile Data Collection and Maternal Health in Hyderabad

India HNN Team

Two graduate students see opportunities to use mobile data collection to improve antenatal care in India.

India: New mother care concept will help pre-term babies

India HNN Team

Kangaroo mother care is a new concept being practised in some city hospitals. The practice ensures mother’s touch, breastfeeding and bonding for the baby through direct skin-to-skin contact.