Ebola Fears in Pregnant Women Reducing Healthcare Use
Sierra Leone
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Focus group discussions in Sierra Leone suggested that infection prevention and control training would reduce fear among healthcare workers and could help improve women’s confidence in health facility safety.
Poor Sanitation and Hygiene Killing Pregnant Women and Newborns in Developing Nations: WHO
Tanzania, United Republic of
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Pregnant women and newborns are dying due to dirty water, poor hygiene and inadequate sanitation, a new report from the World Health Organization warns.
A matter of birth and death: unsafe conditions still killing new mothers and newborns
Tanzania, United Republic of
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New publication reports that a lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in birth settings is killing mothers and newborns in the developing world.
To boost fight against Ebola and strengthen community-based services for the future, UNICEF raises appeal to US$500 million
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
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UNICEF is accelerating its work in the heart of communities to stop the outbreak, support early isolation of cases, promote more safe burials and raise continued awareness and understanding of the virus and its risks.
‘ROP affects about 30-50 per cent of premature babies in India’
India
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Avascular and immature retina at birth of a premature baby is vulnerable to external insults of postnatal care as well as postnatal and prenatal growth.
Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat
India
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“Our hypothesis is that resistant infections in newborns may be originating from the maternal genital tract and not just the environment,” Dr. Vinod Paul said in an interview.
MPs admit ignorance on challenges facing premature babies
Tanzania, United Republic of
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Every year according to Kebwe 39,000 Tanzanian babies do not survive their first month of their lives, “Shockingly, this is the 11th highest number of newborn deaths in the world.”
A New Partnership to Protect Mothers and Newborns in the Midst of the Ebola Outbreak
Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo
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Jhpiego is partnering with the Society of African Gynecologists and Obstetricians (SAGO) to expand and reinforce Ebola preparedness training for frontline health workers across West Africa in the event the virus outbreak spreads further in the region.
Ethiopia: Kangaroo Mother Care for Newborns Recommended
Ethiopia
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“There is tremendous opportunity and we know what needs to be done to ensure every Ethiopian mother and her baby have a healthy start,” Gary L. Darmstadt (MD), Lancet Series author and senior fellow at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says.
Canada Commits $45m To Train Nigerian Health Workers
Nigeria
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Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Perry Calderwood stated the project shows Canada’s committed efforts to globally improve maternal, newborn and child health in Bauchi and Cross River States.