Resilience, Response and Recovery: Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health
Urgently addressing and supporting women’s, newborns’, children’s and adolescents’ health in fragile and conflict settings is key to the success of the Post-2015 Agenda, says group of experts meeting in Abu Dhabi.
Better Bath Rituals Is One Way Bangladesh Is Saving Its Newborns
“through our work and other organizations, and the government, people now have a strong belief that there is a way out, if you act quickly.”
U-M center launches first phase of reproductive health training in Ethiopia
Students at eight Ethiopian medical schools begin comprehensive reproductive health training through new center led by Ethiopian-born doctor
Ghana: Vice President’s wife concerned about newborn motality
The wife of the Vice President, Mrs Matilda Amissah-Arthur, has expressed concern about the increasing newborn mortality rate (NMR) in the country and called for concerted efforts by the general public to deal with the issue.
The Big Push: Call the Midwife in Bangladesh
Expertise from the UK’s TV hit Call the Midwife is helping people in Bangladesh to break the taboo and improve the health of mothers and babies.
Bangladesh ‘Golden Girls’ Guard Maternal Safety
In Bangladesh only 27 percent of pregnant women have access to highly trained birth attendants. These teen volunteers are trained to meet pregnant women in their communities and connect them to the most basic medical resources and information
Medical charity MSF opens Ebola clinic for pregnant women
Women are particularly vulnerable to a disease spread through direct contact with infected people and with the corpses of victims, because women often care for sick family members, said MSF Field Coordinator, Esperanza Santos.
India: Narendra Modi pushes for improvement in efficiency of healthcare
The prime minister expressed concern over the high rate of child and maternal mortality.
In Uganda, saving newborns
The White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) Uganda just published a policy brief calling on the Ugandan Government to improve and simplify the procurement of neonatal resuscitation equipment.
Kenya: The Aga Khan University Hospital Marks ‘7 Years’ Of Preemie Care
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi is home to the first and only Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the East and Central African region.