Pakistani nurse wins laurels

Malawi, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

Bardai is the Head Nurse of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the AKUH and has been striving to reduce the newborn deaths during her ten years working there.

Pakistan: AKU neonatal ICU head nurse wins global award

Malawi, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

Bardai, the first Pakistani nurse to win the coveted award, shared the honour with Kenyan nurse Christine Sammy, while Netsayi Gowero, a nurse from Malawi, was the runner-up.

Pakistan: Honouring the nation

Malawi, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

Aga Khan University Hospital nurse Anila Ali Bardai wins global award for excellence in neonatal nursing.

Good Morning Ulster: Neonatal Nursing Winners Interviewed

Malawi, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

BBC radio show interviews two award-winning neonatal nurses from Kenya and Pakistan to discuss the state of newborn health in their countries and ways in which they are working to reduce newborn mortality.

Preterm birth woes acute in India: Report

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan HNN Team

New report from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington highlights India’s deficiencies with preterm birth complications and neonatal sepsis.

Nepal commits to decrease infant mortality rate

Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan HNN Team

The Health Ministry of Nepal has renewed its commitment to dedicate more efforts towards decreasing infant mortality in the country, said Dr Padam Bahadur Chand of the ministry at Every Newborn consultation in Kathmandu.

Consultation on neonatal health ends

Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan HNN Team

During the Every Newborn Asia Regional Consultation, child health experts shared their experiences and remedies to reduce neonatal mortality.

The vicious circle of low birth weight in Pakistan

Pakistan HNN Team

Pakistan has the world’s second highest rate of low birth weight births, according to UNICEF.

Alarming statistics: ‘Sindh facing highest infant, maternal mortality rates in country’

Pakistan HNN Team

Global experiences indicate that one way of bringing about an improvement in this situation is a proficient front line of skilled midwives along with support supervision and strong linkages with referral system.

Pakistan: Midwifery initiative yet to achieve desired gains, seminar told

Pakistan HNN Team

Though gains have been made in integrating community and district level midwifery programmes, many parts of Sindh Province are still without support of lady health workers and trained midwives.