India Slips Down Motherhood Index

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Just 19% of women in the poorest section of Delhi’s population had a skilled attendant present when they were giving birth. Among the richest women in the city however, 99% had a trained person around when they were in labor.

Nepal: Over 50,000 pregnant women affected from quake: UNFPA

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“In times of upheaval or natural disasters, pregnancy-related deaths and gender-based violence soar,” said Priya Marwh, UNFPA ’s humanitarian response coordinator in Asia and the Pacific.

Quake overwhelms Nepal’s weak healthcare system

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The country of 28 million has only 2.1 physicians and 50 hospital beds for every 10,000 people, according to a 2011 World Health Organization report.

Midwives’ campaign: Vision trains journalists

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“We shall be having weekly talk shows on all our radio stations where we shall engage the leaders and the communities on how to improve the welfare of midwives in the country.”

Pakistan: Lady health workers honoured

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LHWs were honoured in acknowledgement of their dedicated services for improving Mother and Child Health and Primary Health Care in Punjab.

Uganda: Midwives critical in improving maternal, child health – Mrs Museveni

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The First Lady, Mrs Janet Museveni has launched the Midwives4All campaign in Uganda and applauded the Swedish Government for highlighting the role of midwives in reducing maternal,newborn and child deaths.

Caesarean sections should only be performed when medically necessary says WHO

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WHO publishes statement on the rates of caesarean section, and proposes use of Robson classification system.

‘Helping Babies Survive’, new survival package for Asian countries launched in Bangladesh

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Leading experts, government officials, representatives from the UN agencies and USAID have rolled out a new newborn survival package for the Asian countries in Dhaka.

Obgyn training in Sub-Saharan Africa bolstered by new collections shared both online and offline

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Increasing high quality, obstetric care in Sub-Saharan Africa is critical to achieving the World Health Organization consensus standards to eliminate preventable maternal mortality, and to attaining the goals of the Every Newborn Action Plan.

Del Mar Rotary medical training project improves odds for newborns in Ethiopia

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During this first phase of the project, the team trained 17 health care professionals in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar.