Resilience, Response and Recovery: Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

HNN Team

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

Bangladesh HNN Team

“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

Ethiopia HNN Team

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

Ghana HNN Team

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

Bangladesh HNN Team

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

Bangladesh HNN Team

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

Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone HNN Team

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

India HNN Team

The prime minister expressed concern over the high rate of child and maternal mortality.

In Uganda, saving newborns

Uganda HNN Team

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

Kenya HNN Team

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi is home to the first and only Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the East and Central African region.