Saving Babies’ Lives Starts With Aquarium Pumps And Ingenuity

Malawi HNN Team

One of the most successful projects for Rice 360 has been the bubble CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure). It helps premature infants breathe by pushing a steam of air into their lungs.

Premature babies set to get steroid injections

Uganda HNN Team

Plans to launch countrywide use of steroid injections to prevent breathing complications among premature babies has been finalised.

Bangladesh: Preterm birth causes 45% newborn deaths: Survey

Bangladesh HNN Team

In Bangladesh, every year approximately 76,000 newborns die and around 88% of neonatal deaths are from three preventable causes.

Baby Boys at Higher Risk of Death, Disability in Preterm Births

HNN Team

Groundbreaking global studies on preterm birth and disability carried out by almost 50 researchers at 35 institutions and launched in association with World Prematurity Day finds baby boys are at a higher risk of death and disability due to preterm birth than baby girls

Five inspirational organisations from Malawi, Bangladesh, Mali, Kenya, and Colombia recognised by GSK and Save the Children

Bangladesh, Malawi, Mali, Kenya, Colombia HNN Team

Winners of $1 million award to support lifesaving innovations announced. First initiative to be delivered in partnership between GSK and Save the Children that aims to save a million children’s lives.???

Global child mortality rates “halved”

Ethiopia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda HNN Team

The report indicated that even some of the world’s poorest countries were able to dramatically reduce child mortality rates.

UN: Global child deaths down by almost half since 1990

Nigeria, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Pakistan HNN Team

“Care for mother and baby in the first 24 hours of any child’s life is critical for the health and wellbeing of both,” says Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General at WHO. “Up to half of all newborn deaths occur within the first day.”

Child deaths down by half since 1990

Nigeria, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, India, Pakistan HNN Team

‘Care for mother and baby in the first 24 hours of any child’s life is critical for the health and well being of both,’ said Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General at WHO. ‘Up to half of all newborn deaths occur within the first day.’

MamaNatalie Birth Simulator Provides ‘Realistic And Affordable Training In Maternal And Newborn Care’

Tanzania, United Republic of HNN Team

The Helping Babies Breathe training program in Tanzania has been using MamaNatalie since 2010, and has reduced newborn deaths linked to asphyxia by 47 percent, ABC News reported.

Bangladesh: US support for newborn care

Bangladesh HNN Team

US Ambassador Dan Mozena visits Bangabandu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and learns more about birth asphyxia and the Helping Babies Breathe initiative.