Grand Challenges Canada Welcomes Every Newborn Series and Action Plan

HNN Team

The series proposes “an action agenda in order to change the survival curve for stillbirths and newborns and to move beyond survival to improved health and development.”

Lancet Study Calls for Action to Prevent Millions of Newborn Deaths

India HNN Team

“Our findings show that there is an urgent unmet need to provide timely, high-quality care for both mother and baby around the time of birth.”

Lancet Study Calls for Action to Prevent Millions of Newborn Deaths

NYT on the Every Newborn Lancet Series.

Almost 3 Million Newborns Could Be Saved Each Year – UNICEF

Nigeria, India, Pakistan HNN Team

“Focusing on the crucial period between labour and the first hours of life can exponentially increase the chances of survival for both mother and child.”

Improve funding for saving Uganda’s newborn babies

Uganda

In many Ugandan communities, the pregnancy is called ekintu or a thing, and babies are not named until one month when survival is more assured.

Deaths of newborn babies are not inevitable

Uganda HNN Team

There is no such opportunity to solve a problem like the one you have when you know the cause. Research has identified high impact, cost-effective solutions to tackle each of these causes.

A Call to Action for Newborns

Nigeria HNN Team

We need a new sense of purpose from the global community. The world must not squander the opportunity that 2014 offers.

New International Pregnancy Research Centers Will Advance Understanding of Preterm Birth

Bangladesh, Zambia HNN Team

The research sites will enroll women early in pregnancy and collect information and biological specimens during their pregnancy and delivery. These data and specimens will be used to advance innovative research into the causes of preterm birth and identify novel strategies for prevention.

Mercy Ships and Laerdal – Helping Babies Breathe Easier in Congo

Congo HNN Team

“The midwives who deliver the babies did not have direct access to emergency medication, proper resuscitation methods or doctors. This needed to change.”

Another report, same bad news on childhood mortality in Nigeria

Nigeria HNN Team

So, the question on everyone’s mind must be, with all these investments why are we not seeing the impact that we seek?