Taking a walk in her shoes: How a midwife exchange program improved maternal health in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Hospital leaders and the Ethiopian Ministry of Health recognized a complicated problem in obstetric care in Addis Ababa. Primary health centers saw few patients and referred many unnecessarily to overcrowded tertiary hospitals. To help fix the problem, they created a midwife exchange program.

Newborns at Risk in Nepal as Monsoon Season Approaches

Nepal HNN Team

Thousands of newborn babies are at serious risk of illness and neonatal death in Nepal, Save the Children warns, one month on from the earthquake that claimed at least 8,500 lives.

Burundi refugees giving birth in unsafe conditions

Burundi HNN Team

the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimated more than 46,000 refugees were seeking shelter in Tanzania, following violence and unrest in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura.

Webinar: Helping Babies Breathe catalyzing Helping Babies Survive

Ethiopia, Nigeria, India HNN Team

This webinar will analyze lessons learned from a Global Development Alliance and its future plans.

Expert online survey to inform new guidance for reporting neonatal infection research

Bangladesh HNN Team

Understanding the incidence, aetiology and pathogenesis of neonatal infections is essential to reduce neonatal mortality. To do this we need to improve the reporting of studies to be systematic, to include key elements, and to use standardised definitions.

Emergency preparedness pays off as Kathmandu hospitals respond to earthquakes

Nepal HNN Team

In Nepal, hospital retrofitting, which involves everything from repairing cracks in walls to installing seismic belts and roof bracing, has been a core part of preparedness plans.

Nigeria: Dearth of Midwives, Threat to Maternal/Child Survival – Bauchi PHCDA

Nigeria HNN Team

Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency says that the 3 tiers of government and stakeholders in the health sector need to ensure the deployment of midwives with adequate remuneration to rural areas where most of the maternal and newborn deaths occur.

Map: The best (and worst) countries to be a mother

Ethiopia, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, Central African Republic, United States of America HNN Team

On average, one woman in 30 is likely to die from pregnancy-related causes, and seven out of 10 women will lose a child in their lifetime. Despite global improvements in children’s and maternal health, inequality between the world’s richest and poorest mothers and children is widening.

The urban disadvantage: Pakistan slips in mother-child health ranking

Pakistan HNN Team

The report suggests that measures such as effective data collection, quality health services, easy availability of contraceptives and proper neonatal care have proven to reduce child mortality around the world.

Uganda’s capital blazes a trail in cutting child deaths, charity says – TRFN

Cambodia, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda HNN Team

Kisenyi health centre in Kampala, which delivers 600 babies a month, symbolises the shift in Uganda which has seen the country invest more money in the healthcare system to make it accessible for the poorest, Save the Children said.