A million babies a year die within 24 hours – report

Nigeria, Afghanistan, Guinea-Bissau, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia HNN Team

Save the Children want governments to issue declarations on ending preventable newborn mortality, and said they would present their action plan to government ministers.

Pakistan holds highest rate of stillbirths globally

Pakistan HNN Team

“It’s criminal that many of these 200,000 deaths annually in Pakistan could be averted simply by having someone around to make sure the birth takes place safely and knows what to do in a crisis.”

Pakistan tops newborn death rate

Pakistan HNN Team

Participants of the ceremony – doctors, journalists and government authorities – were all shocked to learn about the lack of basic health facilities to majority of Pakistani mothers, resulting in death of hundreds of thousands of children across Pakistan.

Ending Newborn Deaths: Ensuring Every Baby Survives

Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic HNN Team

Save the Children is calling on world leaders, philanthropists and the private sector to meet and commit to the Five Point Newborn Promise in 2014.

Emergency obstetric care inadequate, says ICDDRB

Bangladesh HNN Team

The study found that because of shortage of skilled health officials, unskilled assistants often checked fetus position, delivered babies, managed newborns’ breathing, cleaning and weighing.

Woman fears banishment following stillbirth

South Africa HNN Team

Stillbirths can occur due to a number of reasons including infection, haemorrhages and problems with the umbilical cord such as those experienced by Ndiambani and her baby.

Christie signs new law designed to help reduce stillbirths

United States of America HNN Team

The law requires the establishment of new policies to sensitively manage each stillbirth.

National group in Northern Ireland will work to cut deaths

HNN Team

Chaired by Northern Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride, the Northern Ireland group will look at all infant deaths in Northern Ireland, from miscarriage to 1 year.

Global Investment Framework for Women’s and Children’s health

HNN Team

The economic and social returns of investing in women’s and children’s health are set out today in a landmark article published in The Lancet.

In India, Teenage Pregnancy Extremely Likely

Bangladesh, India HNN Team

Stillbirths and newborn deaths are 50% more likely among infants of adolescent mothers than among mothers aged 20 to 29, according to the WHO in 2012.