El valor de las parteras
¿Cuántos hijos tiene? “Tengo cinco hembras, tres varones y tres muertos”, responde Lucinda Pillajo, acostumbrada como todas las mujeres de su tierra a dar cuenta de todos los hijos que paren, independientemente de si están vivos o muertos.
Invisible children: birth registration is a prerequisite for equality
Nigeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Mozambique, Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Vietnam
HNN Team
More than a third of children are not registered at birth, making it difficult for them to contribute to economic, social and political life. Could a new governance indicator bring change?
Premature Babies And ‘Kangaroo Care’: How Infants Reap Benefits From Close Contact 10 Years After Birth
United States of America, Colombia
HNN Team
Benefits of Kangaroo Mother Care evaluated ten years after newborns received the treatment.
New Hurdles for Premature Babies
HNN Team
Middle-income countries in Asia and Latin America have been doing better at saving premature infants, experts report, but blindness and cerebral palsy are on the rise among the babies saved.
Patojitos: New MAMA Member Launches MNCH Program in Guatemala
Guatemala
HNN Team
New pilot project aims to look at different interventions that could help support breastfeeding practices among mothers in Guatemala through the use of mobile technology.
‘Kangaroo care’ key for premature babies
Mothers carrying babies skin-to-skin could significantly cut global death and disability rates from premature birth, a leading expert has said.
International partners seek to reduce inequities that lead to maternal and child deaths in the Americas
HNN Team
A high-level conference is being convened in Panama City, September 10-12, hosted by the Government of Panama and organized by a partnership of seven international agencies
Breastfeeding is the cheapest and most effective life-saver in history – UNICEF
Cambodia, Chad, China, Indonesia, Somalia
HNN Team
Despite the well documented benefits of breastfeeding worldwide, only 39 per cent of children aged less than six months were exclusively breastfed in 2012. This global figure has improved very little for the past several decades.
In Haiti, emergency clinics help reduce maternal and neonatal deaths
Haiti
HNN Team
In Haiti, clinics providing emergency obstetric and newborn care are working to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates.